Could you imagine if those putzes in Philly tried to take on the Cherry Hill Gambinos???? LOL.

Theres a photo with the gambinos and Bruno all meeting? where could I find it?

Stanfa was extremely close to the sicilian faction of the Gambino's. He was very close to the Gambino brothers and they're the ones that hid him out in Maryland where he was working at one of their pizza parlors in Landover. In the photo of the Gambino's meeting and having dinner with Angelo Bruno you see Stanfa sitting right at the table across from John Gambino. And according to Leonetti's book it was that sicilian faction of the Gambino's that persuaded Gotti to back Stanfa as the boss in philly. Gotti backed Stanfa as a favor to them.

The car Bruno was killed in according to one article was registered to the construction company owned by Emanuel Gambino and the pizza parlor in Maryland where Stanfa was working at when he was on the run was also owned by Emanuel Gambino who is John Gambino's brother in law.

Stanfa had several relatives that were high ranking mafioso's back in sicily. They were the ones who originally asked Carlo Gambino to look after Stanfa when he first came to the USA. It was Carlo Gambino who asked Angelo Bruno to make Stanfa.

It was Paul Castellano who arranged for Stanfa to get a pass on any POSSIBLE involvement in the murder of Bruno and according to Leonetti it was John Gotti who asked Nicky Scarfo for permission to let Stanfa return to philly. Scarfo supposedly gave his ok as long as Stanfa didn't cause any problems.

In the late 1970's Stanfa constantly hung out at Rosario and Joe Gambino's restaurant/club in Cherry Hill.....called Valentino's. Everybody assumed he was part of the Gambino brothers crew. It wasn't until after Bruno got hit that people found out he was actually a made guy in philly.

Very interesting. Would love to get my hands on stuff like that. And stanfa is in the picture as well? Also, was Rosario the higher up of the brothers? I always assumed John Gambino was the big man out of the brothers.

I lived in right outside Cherry hill in Gloucester Township for a few years when i was a senior in highschool until i was 23.. its actually pretty bad for the suburbs.. living in philly my whole life, I was pretty surprised.

I still live in Gloucester Township. Oddly enough John Veasey's relatives are my neighbors, and we live directly across the street from where Salvie Testa's body was dumped. Small world.

JMack do you know Veasey's brother Dante? I think he lives somewhere in that area.



I'm pretty familiar with Gloucester Township. Used to know a few bikers that lived there among others.

A lot of people from south philly have been moving over the WW Bridge into areas a little south of there for decades now. Places like Sewell, Turnersville, and especially Washington Township. It's been non stop building down there for a long time...i remember when it was pretty much farmland and woods. Now it's bumper to bumper traffic and i try to avoid it as much as possible. Actually a nice area but they just built it up too much IMHO.

Washington Township is practically right over the bridge so all the families that moved from philly can be back in their old neighborhoods in minutes. Just close enough to south philly without all the bullshit. Much better place to raise a family and the public schools are supposed to be pretty good.

I've met him before. I'm pretty sure that he is from the Somerdale area. There are also a few Veasey's in that area

it seems to me Stanfa was without a doubt complicit in the plot...maybe Giancarlo or others can confirm/correct me here.

I mean he let Gambino Brothers sell heroin 5 miles from where he was based at and also obviously everyone had there hooks into Atlantic city. He might have been greedy but hes the boss he makes the rules.

And, he must have had a decent relationship with Bruno, for Bruno to OK a hit on a judge (helfant) by Scarfo, among others.