he knew the g was all over him..if he didn't shame on him, not too smart..he should have stayed under until the clock struck 12…ego is a curse..

I dont kno man the excuse that the owner just greeted him is buyable not knowing Mickey Chang was there happen to be there at da same time I dont kno if I can buy that one.. Ur former Mob Captain I dont kno man..

Even if it was an honest coincidence, he should have turned tail and walked out, then reported it right to his P.O.

There are just too many ways to get violated by accident. You have to be smarter than that.

he may get a two year hit, then the clock starts again when he gets out

Not to break your balls here but it was Johnny Chang he met with, Mikey Chang is dead.

Buddy this is nothing, he will not be reprimanded at all, i think Jacobs is one of the best lawyers at fighting the F.E.Ds in this country. After the Ligambi and Borgesi trial the DA in Philly has lost some credibility, so there gonna need him to do something far worse to get him back in jail. Not only that these cops aint stupid they want him out there so they can surveil whoever he's doing to whatever with n get intel.... jus my 2 piece

Acorse I meant john Sonny L u kno wat I meant!! Correction Johnny Chang!

Joe Slim I agree I dont think hell go bak to prison over this.. But the conditions of his parole r clear and his excuse id fishy if im a judge I dony kno

Like I said, for the FEDS he's better in the street than the joint, when will we find out??

It's also ridiculous to be able to send someone that just did a decade back for talking to someone. Unless they can prove it was about crime its total BS

It is ridiculous, but hardly unprecedented. Everyone from Sonny Franzese to Carmine Tramunti have been sent back up for similar "chance meetings."

I think its the US attorney not the local philly state attorney and the US federal government is hot for this guy even though he does have outstanding attorneys representing him

and PB you are right, he had like a month or less left why chance it

The guys a moron for doing this.

And he'll go back inside for it too.

Latest article from the inquirer

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20141007_Lawyers__Don_t_throw_Joey_Merlino_back_in_jail.html

SINCE HIS RELEASE from federal prison in 2011, Joey Merlino has been working hard, keeping his nose clean and making monthly restitution payments.

He even volunteered with a group that trains teachers who work with children with autism.

But he did not violate his probation.

That's what Merlino's lawyers, Edwin Jacobs Jr. and Michael F. Myers, wrote in a legal memo filed yesterday, claiming that Merlino has "scrupulously abided" by the terms of his supervised release while living in Florida.
Merlino, 52, the former Philadelphia mob boss - who some law-enforcement officials believe still calls the shots - is due in court Friday to answer the government's allegations that he knowingly associated with mobster John Ciancaglini and two guys with fraud convictions at Havana Nights Cigar Bar & Lounge in Boca Raton, Fla.

Jacobs and Myers say that the feds waited too long to notify the court of the allegations, but that Merlino is innocent anyway. They claim that the June run-in with Ciancaglini was a "chance encounter," and that there is no evidence that Merlino knew that the fraudsters were convicted felons.

In addition, they argue, Merlino had "dutifully" reported to his probation officer other interactions he had with felons while on supervised release.

"These are the actions of a man who is looking to start a new life for himself, not a man who is looking to get back into his old one," the defense memo reads.

Merlino's lawyers also sent 13 character-reference letters, including from his wife, his daughter, a former boss - and two priests.

Merlino, who was convicted of racketeering in 2001, is rumored to be looking to open a restaurant in Boca Raton.


Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/201410...BfqIV3CltOVO.99

That article has a supposed current photo

how the hell do you proclaim you innocence wearing a leather with 2 goons wearing leathers cheesing it up for the camera. its 70tys up here in mass guessing its 80down there. love when priest right letters to the judges wtf. its not some 80ty yr old westside dinosaur. judge is gonna find him responcible and give him another yr supervision.

The last time I saw Joey was about 3 weeks ago at a DD, he had more gray on top, but maybe he added a little color.

if thats a current photo that guy don't age. but why bring your associates to court, think its old photo from couple yrs ago.go with your wife kids momm ect lawyers get the priest.

He's only 52, buddy. I realize that's ancient to you, but you're killing me here. It'll happen to you one day too, you know .

I think that picture is from before he went to prison

Louis Gigante gave Vincent Gigante plenty of character references even though he knew full well he was a murderer; he aided and abetted him as a matter of fact, obstructing justice from taking its course.

So a character reference from a priest doesn't automatically mean he's a saint.

Look at that no good bastard Intintola trying to shag Tony's wife. That's another one...

All 3 rolling round in the same jacket, of dear. isn't Anthony Accardo made?

That's an old picture not a current one , accardo is made now but wasn't wen that photo was taken

Article says it's from today..

[quote=domwoods74]That's an old picture not a current one /quote]

Here is a recent pic of Joey

http://s30.postimg.org/k6fytf281/Joey_Merlino_in_Florida_300x296.png

+1

Think its an old photo as well.



/me chuckles

Beats shagging the alter boys now Moe.

The pic in the article is about 15 old.

Yep, it's an old photo. Been around for many years.

Def an old photo. Always wondered about Accardo. I think he did a few years on a plea deal way back in the Merlino trial days. Heard he's a made guy, but you literally hear nothing about him. He used to run around with a drunken idiot named Steven Sharkey who also fell off the face of the Earth. Who's the guy behind him? Not sure that might actually be Sharkey?