Wednesday, December 13, 2006

A dozen people are arrested in a bust into what police say was a large-scale
gambling operation with ties to the Patriarca crime family. Police say they
recorded about 675-thousand dollars in bets on professional and college
sports games in the 45 days they were listening in on phone calls with
wiretaps. State Police Major Steven O'Donnell says the suspected ringleader
is Edward Lato, a man who O'Donnell says has a long history of running
gambling rings. Lato is charged with racketeering, bookmaking and other
crimes. Authorities also arrested Kevin Lisi, of Houston, Texas. He's
accused of taking bets from Texas. The arrests happened yesterday.