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14 years' imprisonment (2001) Two years' imprisonment (2018) 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.
Nov 23, 2020 · We will not rest until the mob is nothing but a bad memory.” “The charges unsealed today against these 15 alleged members and associates of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra show that the mafia remains a criminal presence in our city and beyond,” said Michael J. Driscoll, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division.
He is the deceased uncle of current Philadelphia family boss Joey Merlino and the brother to Chuckie Merlino. [179] Due to his ownership of a construction company based in Atlantic City, Merlino relatives have been repeatedly denied a gaming license by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission since 1989.
Mar 21, 2023 · Published March 21, 2023. Updated April 2, 2024. Flamboyant gangster "Skinny Joey" Merlino took over virtually all organized crime in Philadelphia after the city’s bloody mob wars in the 1990s — but after a pair of recent convictions, he claims to be reformed. Wikimedia Commons A law enforcement surveillance image of Joey Merlino circa 1995.
Dec 15, 2022 · Published Dec. 15, 2022, 3:54 p.m. ET. The reputed underboss of what remains of the Philadelphia mob was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday in the latest jail term to be handed out in a major strike by federal prosecutors against organized crime in the city. Steven Mazzone, 59, was given the maximum term possible under a plea deal he ...
Jul 11, 2013 · Print. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a Philadelphia mob underboss to more than 15 years in prison for racketeering, while calling him gregarious and intelligent, and musing on why he never put those talents toward a legitimate career. U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno, a native of Cuba, suggested that if La Cosa Nostra ...
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Aug 4, 2016 · Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino talks to the media Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997, outside the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia (H. Rumph, Jr./AP Photo) Convicted former Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Merlino, once known as “Skinny Joey,” has been arrested by federal authorities and indicted along with more than 40 others on a number of charges ...
