By Paula McMahon, Sun Sentinel
When the grandfather who once ran South Florida operations for the Genovese organized crime family was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, he said he wasn’t helping prosecutors.
Perhaps the former “capo” didn’t mean it — or maybe prison, old age and a good deal changed his mind.
On Wednesday, prosecutors went back to court to recommend that Renaldi “Ray” Ruggiero’s sentence be cut in half because of his “cooperation with the government.”
The defense asked for a little more: If the judge was inclined to cut the sentence in half, would he shave off another six months because Ruggiero is now 78 and has serious medical conditions, including heart trouble and diabetes? read more Here
