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Boyfriend Of Patrick Swayze's Widow Has Family Secret

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Oct. 10 2012, Published 2:00 p.m. ET

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By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Albert DePrisco, the jeweler boyfriend of Patrick Swayze's widow Lisa Niemi, is concerned his brother's past drug conviction could send his high-profile love "running the other way," according to a source.

“He’s crazy about her and doesn’t want to reveal anything that might scare her away,” a family source told the National Enquirer of Lisa's 57-year-old suitor in her first public romance since the beloved Dirty Dancing star's death from pancreatic cancer at 57 more than three years ago.

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Albert's brother Frank was arrested in February 2003 on charges of crack, cocaine and marijuana possession in Deerfield Beach, Florida, less than two miles from Albert's Boca Raton penthouse.

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According to reports from the Broward County Sheriff’s Department, Frank was taken into custody after police observed him sitting in his Cadillac sedan parked the wrong way near a well-known drug den. When questioned by authorities, Frank said he was there to buy a pool cue, but a subsequent search of his vehicle revealed a bag of marijuana “in between the center console and the driver’s seat," and "small rocks of crack cocaine” in the car's center console.