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Ralph DeMasi, ex-mobster and pal of Whitey Bulger, found not guilty of 1991 murder of armored truck guard
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2018-12-17T16:57:02.000Z
2018-12-17T16:57:02.000Z
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<div><p><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/ralph-demasi-ex-mobster-and-pal-of-whitey-bulger-found-not-guilty" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237113066,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="9237113066?profile=original" /></a>By David Amoruso</p>
<p>Former mobster Ralph DeMasi was found not guilty on Monday of the killing of armored truck guard Edward P. Morlock Sr. in Worcester in May of 1991. 82-year-old DeMasi was a notorious leader of several robbery crews and close friends with infamous crime boss <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bulger" target="_blank">James “Whitey” Bulger</a>.</p>
<p>It looked like the law had finally caught up with the elderly gangster when they <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/former-associate-of-boston-mob-boss-whitey-bulger-in-court-for-19" target="_blank">indicted him</a> on murder charges two years ago. Prosecutors claimed <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=DeMasi" target="_blank">DeMasi</a> was one of five men who held up an armored truck outside a supermarket.</p>
<p>They also said DeMasi shot and killed Morlock Sr. before grabbing the cash. They said that because of the crew of five <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Robbery" target="_blank">robbers</a>, only DeMasi and one other man are alive today, and that man, Ronald Martel, decided to cooperate with authorities.</p>
<p>Both DeMasi and Martel were arrested four months after the deadly robbery for attempting to rob a Brink's armored truck in Newburyport. DeMasi did over two decades in federal prison on those charges.</p>
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<p>But he won’t do any more time for the murder of Morlock Sr. or the robbery of the armored truck. The jury found him not guilty on the murder charge. That left the armed robbery charge, but Judge Janet Kenton-Walker previously allowed a defense motion for a required finding of not guilty on that one based on the statute of limitations.</p>
<p>DeMasi’s lawyer Michael Hussey frequently attacked Martel in court, calling him a criminal and a liar. He even argued that DeMasi was never even anywhere near where the robbery took place. Not for lack of trying, though. “There was a robbery once a month, if not more,” Hussey told the court. “It was like the wild west.”</p>
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<p>Now a free man once again, DeMasi will have to do without his old friend “Whitey”, who was viciously murdered in prison by other mobsters. The two men kept in touch and wrote each while locked up behind bars.</p>
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Former associate of Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger in court for 1991 murder of armored truck guard
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2016-12-18T15:21:25.000Z
2016-12-18T15:21:25.000Z
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<div><p><a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/former-associate-of-boston-mob-boss-whitey-bulger-in-court-for-19"><img width="520" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9237077493,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="9237077493?profile=original" /></a>By David Amoruso</p>
<p>Justice never forgets. No matter how many years pass after the crime is committed, the law and those who seek to uphold it remember those who broke the rules of our society and thought they got away with it. And they will not rest until justice is served.</p>
<p>Just ask 80-year-old <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=DeMasi">Ralph DeMasi</a>, a former associate of <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Boston">Boston</a> crime boss <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=Bulger">James “Whitey” Bulger</a>, who was charged last week with the fatal shooting of an armored truck guard in Worcester in 1991. He might be a few years shy of the grave himself, but prosecutors are eager to put him behind bars. Prison is a familiar place for the aging Boston criminal, after having spent over two decades there for another armed robbery.</p>
<p>Though prosecutors claim DeMasi was one of four robbers who shot and killed 52-year-old Edward Morlock as he carried bags of money from a supermarket to his armored truck, DeMasi pleaded not guilty. His lawyer denied DeMasi had any information about the deadly robbery, Associated Press reported Wednesday.</p>
<p>The three other men have all since died, complicating the investigation. Not that they would’ve given much more information. The code of silence is strong among these old-school Boston hoodlums. Even though betrayal is a common theme on this city’s streets.</p>
<p>DeMasi’s boss, <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-making-of-mob-boss-whitey-bulger">James “Whitey” Bulger</a>, is now known as the biggest rat to ever to rule the underworld. After working with the FBI in taking out his rivals in the <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-new-england-crime-family">Patriarca crime family of La Cosa Nostra</a>, Bulger assumed control over much of the city’s rackets.</p>
<p>Now serving out the last few years of his life in prison, Bulger denies having ever been an <a href="http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?tag=FBI">FBI</a> informant. Instead, he claims he used the FBI. Apparently, DeMasi believes his former boss. According to DeMasi’s daughter, her father and Bulger are prison pen pals, she told AP.</p>
<p>How sweet. Two elderly men writing each other about the good ol’ days. When robbery and murder were an everyday part of their job. When there seemed to be no punishment for any of the crimes they committed.</p>
<p>DeMasi’s next court appearance is scheduled for the new year, January 23, 2017.</p>
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