Court papers: Reputed mobster “seriously ill”

PROVIDENCE—A reputed Rhode Island mobster accused of trying to arrange a hit on a rival has been moved from prison to a hospital and his lawyer says he is “seriously ill.“

A lawyer for Anthony “The Saint” St. Laurent Sr. filed court papers Wednesday seeking to postpone his court case. The motion says St. Laurent is sick in a Massachusetts hospital and in “no position, physically or mentally, to have a legal discussion with counsel.“

St. Laurent, an alleged high-ranking member of the Patriarca crime family, is accused of offering to pay to have a rival, Robert DeLuca, killed.

St. Laurent is already serving a federal prison sentence in Massachusetts for extortion conspiracy.

His lawyer, Victor Beretta, did not immediately return a phone message Thursday.