To obtain boats and accomplices who could man them, the band now brought in two waterfront characters from Manhattan named Thomas Quinn and John Hughes.
Through the numbers of the licence plates, the ownership of the machine was traced to a man who Manning knew was friendly to the Carl Rettich gang of Providence.
After starting the first two games of the season in the absence of Lopez, Plumlee moved back to a bench role in the wake of Lopez's return until the starting center once again missed time during December, in which Plumlee was put back into the starting line-up.