‘Springfield Sam’ receives two years

Friday, Feb. 28, 2003 | 10:09 a.m.

Elderly reputed mobster Samuel "Springfield Sam" Manarite was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison by U.S. District Judge Lloyd George in connection with a shooting at a local car dealership that violated Manarite's parole.

Manarite, 84, has already pleaded guilty to a Clark County District Court charge of battery with a deadly weapon stemming from the September incident that led to Dino Boggiano, owner of Astro Auto Sales, being shot in the wrist.

Manarite's lawyer, James "Bucky" Buchanan, said his client, who was shot in the shoulder during the incident, fired in self-defense, but added that there was no motive for Manarite to then "shoot up the place."

Manarite is scheduled to be sentenced on the county charge next week, and faces between two and eight years in prison in that case.

Buchanan said Manarite was once associated with members of the mob in New York, but is no longer associated with them.

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