Two associates of the Genovese La Cosa Nostra crime family were sentenced today in federal court in Worcester, Massachusetts on extortion-related charges. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling for the District of Massachusetts, Special Agent in Charge Harold H. Shaw of the FBI Boston Field Division, Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni and Colonel Kerry A. Gilpin, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police, made the announcement.