Philly wiseguy gets fine, probation for spitting on Margate cop

Reputed South Philadelphia mob underboss Martin “Marty” Angelina was sentenced to a year’s probation and fined $1,000 this morning morning for spitting on a Margate police office last summer following his arrest on a disorderly person’s charge.
Angelina, 48, appeared before Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury who imposed a sentence agreed upon in June [...]

Victim of S. Phila. slaying was grandson of notorious mobster

The grandson of notorious Philadelphia mobster Harry “The Hunchback” Riccobene was gunned down outside his South Philadelphia home early Thursday.
Rocco Maniscalco, 38, had just watched Wednesday night’s Flyers game at the Wolf Street Cafe when he walked the short block home to his rowhouse on Wolf near Colorado.
Outside his home, an armed man leaped from [...]

Philadelphia home where mob boss was slain on sale

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia house where mob boss Angelo Bruno was shot and killed 30 years ago is up for sale.
Bruno’s former South Philadelphia row house is on the market for $250,000. His daughter, Jean, says she’s planning to move to New Jersey.
Known as the “Gentle Don,” Bruno helped the Philadelphia mob rise in prominence [...]

Scarfo’s bail set at $350,000 in betting operation

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – Nicodemo S. Scarfo told a Superior Court judge here Tuesday that he was an unemployed “research analyst” who did “legal consulting work for attorneys.”
State prosecutors said he was an organized crime figure who played a key role in a $2 billion Internet-based sports betting operation while also engaging in extortion and money-laundering.
Those [...]

Son of mob boss charged in betting ring

TRENTON — The son of a former South Jersey-Philadelphia mob boss allegedly played a high-ranking role in an international betting ring, authorities said Friday.
Nicky Scarfo Jr., 44, of Ventnor, allegedly ran New Jersey operations for an enterprise that handled billions of dollars in wagers, said state Attorney General Paula Dow.
He is charged with racketeering, conspiracy [...]

Associate of Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino gets 6 months

A onetime mob associate and bookmaker with a history of alcohol abuse and violating probation was sentenced to six months behind bars yesterday by a federal judge.
In October 2008, following a second probation violation, U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick gave Stephen Sharkey, 41, of Holmes, Delaware County, the “benefit of the doubt” and gave [...]

Reputed mob underboss accused of spitting on Margate cop

A reputed Philadelphia mob underboss who allegedly spit on a police officer during a confrontation at the Jersey shore last year has been indicted.
A charge of assault with a bodily fluid was brought against Marty Angelina last week by an Atlantic County grand jury, but was not made public until Friday. He faces a maximum [...]

‘Nostra’ members admit guilt for roles in bookmaking ring

They carried interesting mob nicknames like “Frankie the Fixer” and “Ralphie Head” and were part of the gang dubbed Delco Nostra, but their cases ended quietly with pleas, including one entered Nov. 20 by 43-year-old Louis “Bent Finger Louie” Monacello.
Wednesday, Monacello of South Philadelphia, said to be a Philly mob enforcer, [...]

Reputed Philly mobster wins early release from jail

Joseph “Mousie” Massimino, the reputed underboss of the Philadelphia mob, is coming home after serving more than five years of a 10-year sentence on a New Jersey racketeering charge.
Judge Anthony Pugliese reduced Massimino’s sentence to time served during a sentence reconsideration hearing today in Camden County Superior Court.
In issuing what amounted to [...]

Witness: Construction firm had mob ties

Far from being the self-made man he says he is, Joseph N. Merlino was actually set up in the construction business by his father, a convicted Mafia killer, a retired federal corruption investigator testified Monday.
Merlino and his mother are seeking a license that would permit their company, Bayshore Rebar of Pleasantville, to [...]

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