Mobster gets 3 years, 10 mos. in RI extortion case

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A New England Mafia member was ordered on Thursday to serve three years and 10 months in federal prison for his role in the shakedown of Rhode Island strip clubs, becoming the second admitted mobster and fifth person overall to be sentenced in the case.

Alfred “Chippy” Scivola Jr., of Johnston, was sentenced in Providence by a federal judge, who imposed the punishment sought by prosecutors. Under a plea agreement, Scivola faced between three years and five months and four years and three months in federal prison.