A Revere bookmaker pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges of racketeering, loansharking, and illegal gambling. Philip Puopolo, 52, admitted in federal court in Boston that he collected loanshark debts and operated illegal video poker machines at the Revere Businessmen's Association, a private social club. He was charged more than two years ago in a federal racketeering indictment with 16 codefendants, including Arthur and Mary Ann Gianelli - the sister-in-law of disgraced former FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. Puopolo is to be sentenced Feb. 18. Under a plea agreement, the court will be urged to sentence Puopolo to serve 46 months in prison, pay $4,000 to one of his loanshark victims, and forfeit $9,713 to the government.
New England in Brief - Boston Globe
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