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Joseph Salvatore "Skinny Joey" Merlino (born March 13, 1962) is an American mobster and reputed boss of the Philadelphia crime family. [ 1] He rose to power and seized control of the organization in the mid-nineties after he fought against the John Stanfa faction of the family. He has led the crime family in gambling, loan sharking, drug ...
Philadelphia crime family. The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno–Scarfo crime family, [ 19] the Philadelphia–Atlantic City crime family, [ 20] the Philadelphia Mafia, [ 21][ 22] the Philly Mafia, [ 23][ 24][ 25] or the Philadelphia–South Jersey Mafia, [ 26][ 27][ 28] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in ...
Joseph DiNapoli. [edit] Joseph "Joey D." DiNapoli (born July 12, 1935) [ 95 ] is the former consigliere in the Lucchese family. He has two brothers, Vincent and Louis, who are both members of the Genovese crime family . In 1969, DiNapoli was arrested in New York on gambling charges. [ 119 ]
Mazzone is a childhood friend of Joey Merlino. They both grew up in South Philadelphia and started their criminal careers together. According to Natale and law enforcement, Mazzone was inducted into the crime family in 1995 and made him a caporegime in 1996. Following Natale's 1998 arrest for drug trafficking, Merlino officially took over the ...
Reputed Philadelphia mob boss "Skinny Joey" Merlino wants no part of President Donald Trump's desperate efforts to flip the results of his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. A lawyer for Trump ...
A key Mafia informant against one-time Philadelphia mob boss “Skinny Joey” Merlino says flipping sides to become a federal witness enhanced both his life of crime and his bank account. “I ...
Salvatore A. "Salvie" Testa (March 31, 1956 – September 14, 1984), nicknamed "The Crowned Prince of the Philadelphia Mob", was an Italian-American mobster who served as a caporegime and later acting underboss for the Philadelphia crime family. Testa made his reputation as a hitman for the Philadelphia family during a period of internal gang ...
Philip Charles Testa (April 21, 1924 – March 15, 1981), also known as " The Chicken Man ", was an Italian-American mobster known for his brief leadership of the Philadelphia crime family of the Italian-American Mafia. He became boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the previous boss and his close friend, Angelo Bruno, was murdered by ...