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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 ...
Lawerence "Yogi" Merlino – former captain. [178] 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 ...
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 ...
Frank "Skinny Frank" Salerno, also known as "Frankie", is captain of a crew operating in Westchester and the Bronx. [196] He is a nephew of former Lucchese captain Michael Salerno. In 1993, Frank Salerno was indicted along with others on federal charges of illegally dumping construction and demolition debris into landfills. [ 197 ]
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 ...
13 years' imprisonment. Ralph Samuel Natale[ 1] (March 6, 1935 – January 22, 2022) was an American mobster. He was the boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1995 until 1999, when he became the first American Mafia boss to turn state's evidence. [ 2][ 3] Natale helped sentence Joey Merlino to a 14-year sentence in 2001, but in January ...
He became a close friend of Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, the son of Scarfo crime family underboss Chuckie Merlino. [8] However, the relationship with Joey Merlino was to prove inauspicious. Their friendship, which was very close, ruptured in 1988 when Chuckie Merlino was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to 45 years in a federal ...
Lutz frequented a social club at Sixth and Catharine Streets in South Philadelphia that was the headquarters for reputed mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino's organization in the mid-1990s, frequently bringing food such as pork chops cooked with baked beans and peppers, a dish that he later said Merlino particularly enjoyed. [1]