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October 15, 2007

Mobster's son accused of stealing ex-girlfriend's dog

JOHNSTON -- The son of a well-known mob associate was arrested Sunday after his ex-girlfriend accused him of breaking into her apartment and stealing her dog, the police said today.

Michael A. Gomes, the 44-year-old son of the late Richard Gomes, was charged with domestic breaking and entering as well as assault following an encounter with the woman outside her Greenville Avenue home, according to Deputy Police Chief Gary W. Maddocks.

Maddocks said the woman was almost home when she saw Gomes with her dog in his Volvo. She also saw a piece of artwork belonging to her, he said.

One of the woman’s friends stopped Gomes by standing in front of his car, Maddocks said. An argument ensued, and Gomes threw his cell phone at the woman, he said.

Police later went to Gomes’s home at 57 Walnut St., Apartment 1, and arrested him, Maddocks said.

Maddocks identified Gomes as the son of the late Richard Gomes, an organized crime figure who was friends with the late John Gotti, once the most famous mob boss in America.

The elder Gomes was released from the ACI in August 2005 after serving nearly 20 years for shooting two men outside an Olneyville wiener shop,

He died of natural causes in his North Providence last year.

-- Journal staff writer Mark Reynolds

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