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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 ...
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 ]
In January 2018, Merlino went on trial for racketeering, fraud and illegal gambling charges. [110] [111] After a trial ended in a hung jury, Merlino pleaded guilty to one illegal gambling charge and was sentenced to two years in prison. In April 2018, four soldiers and associates in New Jersey were arrested on drug trafficking charges.
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 ...
Merlino spent more than a decade in federal prison after he was convicted on extortion, bookmaking and receiving stolen property charges following a 2001 trial.
10th & Oregon Crew. The 10th & Oregon Crew, also known as the 10th & O Crew, the 10th & Oregon Gang or the 10th & O Gang, is a predominantly Italian-American organized crime gang operating in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Active since the 1960s, the gang is associated closely with but independent from the Italian-American Philadelphia crime family.
Reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Merlino, who's currently on trial, gave two Mafia associates the skinny on murder during a 2014 sit-down. Philly mobster Joseph Merlino recorded giving tips on ...
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 ...