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Jun 28, 2017 · According to Philip “Crazy Phil” Leonetti, a convicted killer and onetime underboss of the Philadelphia-area mob family, he and Lawrence "Yogi" Merlino attended the funeral of mob associate ...
Jun 2, 1991 · Lawrence (Yogi) Merlino, who is also available to testify against Gotti. And, soon after receiving his 45-year sentence in May 1989, Leonetti flipped, too. His mother arranged the negotiations.
Nov 15, 2019 · Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, right, leaves federal court in Lower Manhattan with his wife Deborah after a mistrial was declared in his racketeering case on Feb. 20, 2018 in New York.
Oct 1, 2021 · His brother, Lawrence “Yogi” Merlino, became a capo. But by 1985, the friendship had soured. The Merlino brothers were demoted, taken down to the rank of soldier and Scarfo was threatening to kill them and their families. Fortunately for the Merlinos, Scarfo was the focus of intense law enforcement attention at the time.
Phyllis Merlino testified that she raised her children on her own, often struggling to pay bills, sometimes staying in a house without electricity, and seldom receiving any help from her former husband, who by the early 1980s was an up-and-comer in a mob family dominated by Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, one of the most violent mob bosses in Philadelphia history.
Aug 4, 2022 · Bettmann/Getty Images Left to right: Lawrence Merlino, Phillip Leonetti and Nicky Scarfo appear in court in Mays Landing, New Jersey, while on trial for the murder of associate Vincent Falcone in 1979.
The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, [16] [17] Philly Mob , Philly Mafia, [18] [19] [20] Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, [21] [22] [23] or Bruno-Scarfo family is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed and based in South Philadelphia, the criminal organization primarily ...
