What a waste of taxpayer money and time he gets sent back to jail for 4 months????

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/201410...nutes.html?5454

4 months is basically saying it was all bullshit but for the waste of time and money they need to slap joey in the wrist. This is a joke what the Feds are doing to some of these guys

Wow, just saw that too, Merlino. I agree, such a waste of time, man power, and money. For what? 4 months back in prison.

Four months SMH I take naps longer than that.

Wow 4 months in prison I was wrong, there def trying to get this guy for something bigger....

That was what he heard from the courtroom earlier today from testimony against joey he wasn't repeating an old article, the guy has some good information along with GA either from feds or other informants out in s philly......dude had a segment on FOX 29 called mob talk because people like us enjoy or like talking about this stuff

He will do them 4 months on his head, I wonder what prison and did he get taken into custody today?

I think some of you guys are still missing the bigger picture here. Four months is still long enough to get the Nicodemo trial out of the way. I just can't believe that they'd waste all this time and money to put the guy inside for a lousy four months. If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. But I think there's a lot more to this. But only time will tell.


Just saw this. And you're right. The Feds have nothing but time, and they have him right where they want him. For four months, anyway.

I couldn't agree more Jose, and thanks for the updates.

Question...ASSUMING he doesn't get indicted while inside... when he is finished.. does he go back on parole.. or is he then free to smoke cigars with whoever he wants?

I returned your pm.

I think the feds are totally fucking with him, he will be down on Arch street at the federal lockup through Christmas and then for the Mummers and he wanted to be with the Jesters this new years, they will keep him hemmed up right there so they can fuck with him some more.

PB you may be 100% right, not sure when the niccodemo trial is set to begin, but say joey gets out at the end of February, his trial could feasibly be done, I suppose if it started say January 5th or that week.....

its still a waste and as you have stated before they have the goods on joey for the murders or at least have or think they have a witness ready to talk, whether that is enough time will tell because a 4 month sentence is a waste

and shamm, when he is done with the 4 months he is done until........

From what I remember of the first trial, it'll be short. It's not a RICO. The sad truth is, it's a sloppy, garden variety homicide.


Of course it's a waste of time. But it's typical of the Feds. It's the same game they've been playing for a hundred years. I'm no smarter than anyone here. It's just that I've seen this movie before. I know how it ends.

fox 29 has interview with joey and him heading back to the big house at 5

Thirty days to report?

That's usually the way it goes with an interstate violation.

So if the "South Florida investigators" have an active investigation under way on him as they state, why wouldnt they push the Feds to leave him on the street? I get it that the Feds wield the heaviest hammer, but this seems disruptive to anything the locals may have had going.

Merlino deserves it though IMO. I hope no one here is buying the "chance meeting" between him and Johnny Chang. Thats just laughable. Very brazen, but as has been said, this is prob a minor disruption in Merlino's mind.

And say what you want about Schratweiser, but he's fast becoming the only source of any OC news in Philly. He loves to sensationalize, but they all do. He at least seems to give us something to ponder, however exaggerated and speculative it may be. Just my opinion....

Who knows?

At the end of the day, they're all LE and they end up working together as best they can. But yeah, that "heaviest hammer" happens all the time. The Feds are forever banging heads with the state and taking cases away from them.

Hell, it even happens within the same branch of LE sometimes. Look at Gotti. If Diane Giacalone wasn't so pigheaded and hell bent on convicting him in '86, Mouw and company would have nailed him long before '90. She set them back at least two years.

True enough PB. I'm sure books could be written in regard to the Fed/State/Local dick measuring contests that have taken place over the years. Some of them may actually have the best of intentions regarding justice, but more often than not, it's all about ego.

Here's the video that Fox 29 News in Philly had at 5pm. Schratwieser has a short interview with Joey as he's walking out of the courthouse. Joey told Dave that the judge "did him a favor, he needed the 4 months to get back in shape and get his six pack back"

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/clip/10773618/joey-merlino-going-back-to-jail

You know what they say about the Road to Hell, right?

Joey fucking taunting the feds. So now the feds are going to waste some more time and money to try and link Joey to the two Viagra pushers he met at the cigar bar.

haha something about "best intentions"

You're right. Dumb move. All that does is motivate these Holier-Than-Thou agents some more.

And I returned that pm.

Yeah, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Something like that.

Probably not the best idea to taunt the guys who already have an enormous hard-on for you and the capabilities to box you in a cage for the rest of your life. But, Joey's never been shy, and he's always had that brash, arrogant attitude. This is the same guy who told Schratwieser back in 1995 that he would shoot himself for $500,000 after Dave informed him of the contract that Scarfo Sr. supposedly had put out on him.

Merlino has been sentenced to 4 months imprisonment

Were you sleeping or something, Dom?

It wasn't breaking news. That was my only point. And if you have half a clue (not saying you don't) then you would know he was being watched the whole time. The Feds papers leaked years ago.

Good news is at least you'll know his address for the next four months. You can write him