No, I was asking about George's brother Anthony. he's not made right? Also isn't he a real wannabe who his Uncle doesn't want him around the life but he insist on hanging around?

Dont know George was a teen back then and when he to know more it all was on the way out..his bro never met him.

I second that SP. I've must of read that book 20 times now & the only thing Phil is guilty of is beginning a lot of sentences with the word "Now," which is the way he actually spoke if u have followed his on camera interviews...

it seems that "Five families", Blood & Honor" & "Underboss"are the only worthwhile reading material nowdays.

Aside from Phil's book which i have enjoyed very much.

it was fucked up for him to rat out his cousin like that.

That was never told by Jr.
I don't think Phil would lie and put him on the spot like that ,so it must have happened.
But I would not doubt if it was done by Phil just to be able to tell it so Nicky sr. got word of it.
Cos odds were Nick jr . was not carrying in his restaurant .
And if he did have a piece there he sure is not like his dad and drop the guy right there.
Not just that Nicky jr. and Phil were very very close ,nothing was going to go down...

it's sad, nick jr is obviously very talented, evidence by his monster earning, could have been anything he wanted, instead looks like his dad wasted his life.

I loved the book but yes, phil is a rat mother! He ratted out that girl who owned the hair salon. Story goes she was sent to check on phil whilst he was visiting his sick grandmother. The girl supposedly tells him she was sent there by Merlino

That's absolutely right..He kept bringing up his cousin's suicide and how he didn't want this for his son and blah,blah, blah, but still went to trial...He didn't cooperate until he was found guilty which to means to me that all that about his son was BS...He couldn't do the time so he became a rat, and even to this day, he's more cowardly then ever..Having his voice altered 20 years after testifying..Doesn't get much more cowardly then that !!

Rat

Loved Blood and Honor.

Have you read "Deal with the Devil" by Peter Lance? About Greg Scarpa and Lin Devvecchio the crooked fed??

im 3/4 of the way through and it is a good read.

You described 95 percent of rats...

no, but im due for some new material thank u for the title.

I am confused" I thought all rats turned so they did not have to spend the rest of there lives in prison.
They all use the wife and kids or a aging parents thing ...

Just cos he was a under boss don't make it any different ..
Just because he had blood family in the life does not make different.
The only thing that does is being " free " .....

The guys that are made and are always broke ,mainly shooters are the ones that can really hurt a family.(rat)
The feds know if they approach them with a too good too be true drug deal and the guy bites and they hit him with 40 years they can flip him easy.(Rats)
They never have money for a lawyer to clear things up first so the feds get them every time..

The feds do this over and over ,easy for them to keep there job this way.
No rats no job !!

He went on that channel 5 program and said after his cousin hung himself in his office that was it...Then he said he was worried about his son after that...But when he got arrested, if he wanted his son protected, that was the time to turn, but he didn't turn because that was all a crock of shet...What would have happened if they beat the case ?? He would have stayed right on the street exposing the kid to the life...True, most rats use an excuse like they were gonna be killed etc...But to lie and say it was because you cared about your son is despicable...I hold him among the lowest of the rats !!

From what I can recall from reading Leonetti was arrested in March/April of 1987. His cousin hanged himself in November of 1988 and later that month Leonetti was convicted in the RICO case. He was sentenced in May 1989 and flipped in June of that same year.

I strongly support this serp!!

Every fed agent would'nt have a career if they cant flip career crime peeps,that being said ,only a small portion make something of thier lives like phil did,& not many are as savvy & intelligent as phil to stay out of the life & live life legit..whether he's mowing lawns or pouring concrete.

Actually yes, George relies heavily on editors. Are you kidding me? All writers do.

The fact you are stuck on this aspect and compared the book to a high school report, speaks volumes.

You are one of the Scott stalkers/haters that bad mouths him whenever you can.

Heres a solution...DONT READ THE BOOK

No problem!

Someones hating on Scott again? And Lol @ Anastasia never relying on editors. And it's a known fact Capeci has editors for his Gangland articles, he usually credits them in the ones that do.

Not only does he have editors, He barely even writes his own column anymore.

The guy was spewing out of his ass just to down Scott, that's all.

I have said this before about Anthony, haven't seen him for a very long time. But when i was in his company he was a great guy and a gentleman.

Understood and agreed . This guy was blood family first(not many mob guys are) he did held his son and cousin above anything in that life.
Now would he be right back in it if he beat that case and exposing his son to that life (sort of) he did expose him to the people only when they did big shit all together(rides on the boat - a day at the beach - vacations) He did not expose him to the life like he was exposed to it,his son was kept away as much as possible..and trust me he was with Phil down in Longport and Margate and his son did not like that,he wanted to be on Georgia ave with his cousins and the rest of them and Phil kept him away as much as he could with out Nicky sr saying shit !!!

He did the best he knew how with the skills he was given as a child.
The kid was sheltered more then any kid on that block. His granny (Phil's mom) was making sure he/she did not make the same mistakes that was made with Phil.

The thing Phil is talking about is when Mark tried to take his own life it all came crashing down at same time .And he knew that his son would be with Nicky jr 24/7 in a couple years.

I am sure he was saving his own ass but I know if Mark and Nick jr were smaller Phil would have taken all of them with him for a better life.

He is a rat and he is a killer and he did love the life .But he also loved his family more . No doubt about that !!!

Anyone else think that the guy on the far right in the John D'Arco wedding photo in Al D'Arco's book is a dead ringer for Leonetti?

Got this and Scarpa Delvecchio book at same time both were pretty good. Crazy Phil saw and heard alot and made for good read. It was written how people from Philly/South jersey talk and reminded me of the book After Hours (book Carlitos way was based on)in that way.

How do we talk ? Really ?

I didn't mean it to be disrespectful, but parts I could remember reading and hearing his voice say it as i read it. I grew up in Chester, moved to Wilmington,De and lived in Absecon for awhile.Now I live in the south and when I say "me and my brother are going down to kings dominion,youse all should come" its different enough people know I am not from where I am now.

I was serious, and you were not being disrespectful.
I hear this all the time...really want to know.