Worker killed in trench collapse

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) – A construction worker who died when the sidewalk trench he was working in collapsed was the cousin of Massachusetts Turnpike Authority chairman Matthew Amorello.

Robert Amorello, 55, died Monday after the five-foot trench in Worcester collapsed and a 4,500 pound slab of concrete fell on him. Amorello, a heavy equipment operator for A.F. Amorello & Sons Inc., often jumped into the trenches to help workers, friends said.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration was investigating the accident.

Matthew Amorello released a statement that said, “Robert’s death is a tragedy for our family. He was a wonderful husband and dad. Robert was a fun-loving person and will be dearly missed.”

Police: Two will be charged in attack

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Two adults will soon be arrested in the baseball bat beating of a man, the police chief said at a meeting of city residents.

Stephen Raymond was struck in the face with an aluminum bat on Aug. 11 when confronted by a group of teenagers several hours after he tried to stop some children from shooting BBs at cars. Two 16-year-old boys have been charged in the attack.

Chief John Jaskolka described the people involved as a gang of misguided youth without parental leadership.

“They’re not organized; they don’t have the leadership; they don’t have the finances,” he said Wednesday night.

Raymond’s sister, Donna Rodger, said he remains on a ventilator and lacks feeling from his chest down. A recent tracheotomy was successful and he can shake and nod his head.

Reputed mobster gets prison term

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A reputed mobster arrested in an undercover FBI operation was sentenced Wednesday to more than 11 years in prison.

Matthew L. Guglielmetti, 56, of Providence, pleaded guilty in May to federal charges of conspiracy and attempting to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Prosecutors say Guglielmetti is a captain in the Patriarca crime family.

Guglielmetti was arrested Jan. 20 after he arranged for two men to provide security for a shipment of cocaine that was moving through Rhode Island in January. The men turned out to be federal agents posing as drug traffickers.

U.S. District Judge Ernest Torres sentenced him to 11 years, 4 months in prison.