‘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 [...]

Ex-FBI agent says NJ Merlinos are not mobsters

Joseph and Phyllis Merlino, involved with organized crime? Fuhgeddaboudit!
That was the testimony Friday of a former FBI official who helped bring down the Philadelphia mob in the late 1980s.
Although Joseph N. Merlino’s father, Lawrence “Yogi” Merlino, and his cousin Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino were high-ranking mobsters, former FBI agent Larry Schneider testified [...]

Reputed Philly mobster is accused of spitting on cop

A reputed underboss in the Philadelphia mob was accused of spitting on a police officer during a confrontation at the Jersey shore.
Marty Angelina was charged with aggravated assault. It’s up to the Atlantic County prosecutor to decide whether to pursue a grand jury indictment.

Police said they were called to a condo in Margate [...]

What has Happened to the South Philly Mob?

It’s been at least six years since anyone has been killed by the Philadelphia Mafia. Is it the passing of a way of life, or an eerie calm before an ­approaching storm? Our writer takes to the streets of South Philly — and sips wine with the current Godfather — to find [...]

NJ Police Pick Up Reputed Mob Figure

PHILADELPHIA – A reputed mob soldier lets his guard down and gets picked up by New Jersey state troopers listening in on his conversations.
Mob soldier Anthony Nicodemo played his cards right in the Borgata gambling ring case and was released on bail with a suspended 4 year sentence, but his problems may [...]

Judge rules adviser to Borgata sports bet ring not ‘in the mob’

MAYS LANDING — An admitted member of an illegal Atlantic City sports-betting ring went free with a suspended four-year sentence Thursday morning as Superior Court Judge Michael Donio deemed him “a low- to mid-level agent.”
Anthony Nicodemo, 37, must pay a $10,000 fine within 30 days. He faced a maximum three-year sentence [...]

Nicodemo sentencing today in Borgata betting case

Reputed mob soldier Anthony Nicodemo will be sentenced today by Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Michael Donio for his role in an illegal multimillion-dollar sports-betting operation run out of the poker room of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. He could get up to three years in prison.
Nicodemo, [...]

Mob tape may play role at sentencing

It was a wiseguy lesson in street-corner economics, a how-to-succeed-in-business speech that you won’t hear at the Wharton School.
Reputed mob soldier Anthony Nicodemo was explaining about the “sharks” and the “lions” and the “lambs” to bookmaker Andrew Micali, who was running an illegal multimillion-dollar sports-betting operation out of the poker room [...]

After Friday’s show, a sour note hit La Stanza

What happened last weekend at La Stanza, the Italian restaurant in South Philly?
No, this isn’t about mob associate Ralph “Ralphie Head” Abbruzzi using his Friday night reprieve from house arrest to woo the audience with Louis Prima classics.
It’s about liquor-control agents raiding the joint after midnight, apparently acting on a bum [...]

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