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Re: Marty Angelina
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02/02/11 11:52 AM
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VinnyGorgeous
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Hahahahaha I saw it...Wow I wish I could find the picture. He looked like Rihanna. What an embarrassment. You know you got problems when your underboss get his ass kicked by a woman. Where's Mousie? lol. In the words of Nicky Scarfo "I love this!".
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"What is given, can be taken away. Everyone lies. Everyone dies." - Casey Anthony, in a poem, July 7, 2008
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Re: Marty Angelina
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02/02/11 05:59 PM
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FBI roundup exposes modern-day Mafia Crimes include murder, extortion, gambling, drug dealing, and the corruption of labor unions The names have changed, but the games are the same. That's the assessment in law enforcement and underworld circles nearly two weeks after a massive FBI mob roundup in which 127 alleged organized crime members and associates were arrested. Murder, extortion, gambling, drug dealing, and the corruption of labor unions were detailed in more than a dozen indictments returned in northern New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island. The Jan. 20 arrests - and the unrelated apprehension of reputed Philadelphia mob underboss Martin Angelina three days earlier for allegedly beating his girlfriend - say a lot about the state of the American Mafia, a once-secret "honorable society," according to law enforcement sources. Today the mob is not so secret and not very honorable. Hundreds of hours of conversations from phone taps and body wires worn by cooperating witnesses, some of them mob members, are at the heart of the federal indictments. The evidence-gathering techniques rely on the modern mobster's rejection of omerta, the once-sacrosanct code of silence. Angelina's arrest, after an early-morning altercation that had his South Philly neighbors calling police, is a more personal issue. But, investigators say, it casts Angelina as more punk-like than principled. While none of those charged in the New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island cases was a household name - the celebrity-gangster days of John Gotti and Joey Merlino also appear to be history - the racketeering charges were all too familiar. The case out of Newark, for example, focuses on the Genovese crime family's control of the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the loading of cargo ships at New Jersey piers. In an account that reads like an update of the 1954 film classic On the Waterfront, federal prosecutors alleged that the Genovese organization has been involved in "the nearly three-decades-long extortion of port workers" from three ILA locals. Stephen "Beach" Depiro, 55, a reputed Genovese soldier, was the mob's point man, authorities say. Among other things, the indictment contends that ILA members had to kick back part of their Christmas bonuses to the mob in order to work. Union leaders also were charged in the 53-count indictment. Authorities allege that they maintained their positions by looking out for the crime family's interests rather than those of their members. The indictment listed the salaries of seven of those ILA leaders. They ranged from $230,512 to $532,719. Authorities said Depiro, who is being held without bail, succeeded late mob boss Tino Fiumara and jailed Genovese capo Michael Coppola in controlling the waterfront. In comments that underscored how little things have changed since Marlon Brando's Terry Malloy went up against a corrupt union boss in On the Waterfront, Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said, "Workers should be free to pursue an honest living without being worried that their own union representatives will shake them down." Shakedowns and extortions were spread across the indictments. The charges included allegations that the Colombo crime family controlled a New York cement- and concrete-workers' union and that the mob used threats of violence to collect payoffs from strip clubs and go-go bars. There were also five killings, one linked to an internecine power struggle in the Colombo crime family and two stemming from a dispute over a spilled drink in a bar in Queens, N.Y. U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement agent, attended a news conference in Brooklyn where the arrests were announced. His presence was seen as a signal that the Justice Department, which has shifted its priorities to terrorism and street gangs, recognizes the Mafia is still a threat. While some pointed to the arrests as another nail in the Mafia's coffin, others say the cases show how the mob regenerated itself while the feds were focused elsewhere. "The Mafia is wounded, but not fatally," Selwyn Raab wrote in an op-ed article published in the New York Times on Jan. 23. Raab, a former reporter, is the author of Five Families, a definitive history of the Mafia in New York City. The indictments, Raab argued, "demonstrated how effectively" the crime families regrouped after a series of investigations in the 1990s that brought down now-deceased kingpins such as Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, who headed the Genovese organization, and Gotti. On the same day Raab's piece appeared, the New York Post offered a withering critique of the mob's fading fashion sense. Gone are the tailored suits and cashmere overcoats favored by Gotti who, not for nothing, was known as the Dapper Don. Quoting from an editor at GQ magazine, the story and photos detailed the shabby dress of the defendants picked up in the roundup. There were sweat suits and hoodies, camouflage jackets and tight-fitting windbreakers worn by goodfellas with nicknames like Junior Lollipop, Tony Bagels, and Jello. Dapper Dons these were not. But while the dress code had relaxed, the racketeering gambits hadn't changed. In the late 1980s, Gotti's Gambino organization was involved in extorting a famous New York gentleman's club known as Scores. Court testimony from the club's former owner indicated that different mob crews ran the club's valet parking and coat-check room and took kickbacks from dancers and bartenders. Scores generated several million dollars in cash each week during its heyday, the former owner said. In the current case, 83-year-old Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio, retired head of New England's Patriarca crime family, is charged with extorting similar establishments around Providence, R.I., for the last 18 years. Two clubs, the Cadillac Lounge and Satin Doll, and one monthly payoff of $2,900 are listed in the indictment. But other clubs and substantially more cash are believed to be part of the scheme. The arrests, which included sports-betting charges, came just three weeks before one of the biggest betting days of the year, Super Bowl Sunday. Law enforcement and gambling experts estimate that from $2 billion to $3 billion is wagered illegally on the game, most of it with mob-connected bookmakers, The arrests also came just days after Angelina, Philadelphia's reputed mob underboss, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, and reckless endangerment. Angelina was taken in after neighbors on the 1800 block of Johnston Street called police about a screaming woman who was being beaten. A mug shot of Angelina shows the shirtless mobster hours after his early-morning arrest. His hair is disheveled and there are scratch marks and what appears to be a quarter-sized bite mark on his bruised face. Once described by a federal prosecutor as "a bully running with a gang of misfits," Angelina, 49, is considered the number-two man in the crime family headed by alleged mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi. Low-key and circumspect, Ligambi, 71, has quietly run the operation for a decade. He is, authorities say, the principal target of a federal racketeering investigation of the Philadelphia-South Jersey mob that could include three slayings. Indictments in the investigation are expected within two months, according to law enforcement sources. The high-profile Angelina, on the other hand, has been arrested for drunken driving, domestic violence, and spitting on a police officer, all in the last three years. To many in law enforcement, his recent mug shot, with its scratches and bruises, is the face of the 21st century mob: a less-than-noble society. "He's just a mess," said a police detective familiar with Angelina's antics. http://fivefamiliesnyc.blogspot.com/http://www.policeone.com/news/3294059-FBI-roundup-exposes-modern-day-Mafia/
Tommy Shots: They want me running the family, don't they know I have a young wife? Sal Vitale: (laughs) Tommy, jump in, the water's fine.
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Re: Marty Angelina
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02/03/11 02:48 PM
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Low-key and circumspect, Ligambi, 71, has quietly run the operation for a decade. He is, authorities say, the principal target of a federal racketeering investigation of the Philadelphia-South Jersey mob that could include three slayings. Indictments in the investigation are expected within two months, according to law enforcement sources. The high-profile Angelina, on the other hand, has been arrested for drunken driving, domestic violence, and spitting on a police officer, all in the last three years. To many in law enforcement, his recent mug shot, with its scratches and bruises, is the face of the 21st century mob: a less-than-noble society. "He's just a mess," said a police detective familiar with Angelina's antics. http://fivefamiliesnyc.blogspot.com/http://www.policeone.com/news/3294059-FBI-roundup-exposes-modern-day-Mafia/ Indictments are expected within two months!? RUN JOE!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"What is given, can be taken away. Everyone lies. Everyone dies." - Casey Anthony, in a poem, July 7, 2008
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Re: Marty Angelina
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02/03/11 03:10 PM
02/03/11 03:10 PM
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rg
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2 months? We have been hearing that for 3 yrs now. Uncle joe was def being taken down before Thanksgiving and then it turned to Christmas and now were in Feb. Clearly there are issues. All we keep hearing is any day , next month. How could we take this serious? The work George Anastasia does w the philly mob is great. Every week a new video. Also, where did you hear Uncle Joe walks his dog at 6 am everyday w these guys? If you could just give me some more info i would appreciate it.. I love learning more about the Philly Mob..
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Re: Marty Angelina
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02/03/11 03:34 PM
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I am from the area but it was reported before. He does it every single day I hear. He does a lot of his meetings during that time. He doesn't go out at all really. The only time you will see him out is sometimes in the summer on saturday nights at Memories in Margate....geater with the heater. lol. ...jerry blavats club. Speakin of jerry blavat...does anyone remember this story:
In May 1981, at the Meletis Greek restaurant in South Philadelphia, Steve Bouras was gunned down alongside his girlfriend Janette Curro, Ray Martorano, and Philadelphia radio personality Jerry Blavat. Curro's family had ties to the mafia: her nephew Joe "Crutch" Curro, a made member of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra, was known to the FBI since a 1976 FBI wiretap at Frank’s Cabana Steaks in South Philadelphia — a base of operations for mob capo Frank Sindone, until his death in 2004.
Bouras was approximately 50 years old and Jeannette Curro was 54. Though Bouras and Curro were killed, Martorano and Blavat were only wounded. It is reported that Nicodemo Scarfo of Philadelphia's notorious Philadelphia crime family ordered the hit, as Bouras had refused to pay Scarfo's street taxes, specifically for his meth ring. There have also been speculations that Martorano arranged the hit for Scarfo because of eyewitness claims that the gunman motioned for Martorano to move out of the way before opening fire. To this day, no one has ever been connected with the hit.[1] [2] The assassination took place just one day after the murder of another Greek mobster, Harry Peetros of Upper Darby.
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Re: Marty Angelina
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02/03/11 04:18 PM
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GerryLang
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Another good story is about Long John Martarano's son, George. I feel bad for him. He got a life sentence no parole for drug trafficing and it was his first arrest. He is a writer now in jail. They gave him life with no parole cause he didn't rat on his dad supposedly. Long John was evetually murdered when he tried to take over the philly mafia from Uncle Joe when he was first in the seat. If they can get that murder in the idictment, Ligambi would have been taken down by now but I guess they can't. Here is George, his son's website. http://www.freegeorge.us/ Yeah, I came across his story and site a few months ago. He really got screwed by the Government, they wanted him to give info on his father and mafia, neither which he really had. The drug he was running was marijuana, imagine that, spending close to thirty years in prison with no end in sight for weed. I remember when Angeline got his ass kicked by the 10th and 0 gang, they have some big gorillas in that gang, Angeline didn't stand a chance in a fight with them.
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