"I'm a rat," Emiliano "Emo" Gonzales member of Arillotta's "crew"
Emiliano "Emo" Gonzales, aligning with state police in 2003 was a slippery slope. He told jurors today in an extortion conspiracy case that his on-again, off-again relationship with investigators led him to the witness box in Hampden Superior Court, saddled with an unsavory label. "What happens to rats?" Assistant District Attorney Carmen W. Picknally asked Gonzales during questioning. "They get killed," Gonzales responded. "And what are you, sir?" Picknally asked. "I'm a rat," he said, after admitting he wore a body wire to record conversations with defendants Anthony J. Arillotta, 39, of Springfield, and brothers Ty C. Geas, 35, and Fotios "Freddy" Geas, 40, both of West Springfield. The three are standing trial for extortion conspiracy. Each has pleaded innocent. The trial began Wednesday before Judge Constance M. Sweeney. The defendants are accused of trying to shake down Carlo and Gennaro Sarno, cousins from Greater S...