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Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889543
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I also bet the reason of him branching out to NY LCN guys was to keep up with his beyond extravagant lifestyle he was living since getting out of the can. I bet the envelopes coming in from Johnny Chang and Stevie Mazzone from Philly just weren't enough $$$$ for Joey....

This is just my thoughts/predictions on why Joey started working with NY LCN.....

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I have a hard time believeing that Joey Merlino 'ever' had any 'real' money. I say this in comparison to Angelo Bruno and Nicky Scarfo

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889546
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dante, you may be right..my statement was, from the indictment material, the case looks weak on him and its on health care fraud, not the violent street crimes...that's my only point..irish, if a guy in the position parrello is in introduces you to someone to do business with, you trust his judgement..its not like merlino just solicited a guy at his lounge to do something with, the cw is obviously someone whos been around...dino..your last statement..i totally agree with it...

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Very interested to know if the CW is made.

Would assume he is if he was Parellos point guy in Florida working directly with Merlino.

Could be further charges, indictments if this guy was a Genovese button.

Was Barone the last Westside soldier to flip?


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Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889552
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When will merlino learn.


From now on, nothing goes down unless I'm involved. No blackjack no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park, I want in. You guys got fat while everybody starved on the street. Now it's my turn.

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889558
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Interesting that the Philly boss was brought down by a rat from the Genovese family. Go figure.

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889559
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yaeh it seems the cw was very well trusted by parello. taking direct orders from. or could it be a roving bug? so im guessing merlino keeps meeting who ever from the genovese and saying ok yep just give me my cutt. probaly has to do with operations in philly like we heard they paid uncle joe. thats why none of the philly guys are indicted it was probaly joey just saying yes you can give me my cutt which is why its rico consp. the boneheads up in mass just going to the old give me some money or else is nuts in 2016 nunt it wouldnt shock me if there still getting money from a few club owners out in western mass.

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: SonnyBlackstein] #889566
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Originally Posted By: SonnyBlackstein

Was Barone the last Westside soldier to flip?


No. Barone flipped in 2003. Ray Ruggiero flipped sometime between 2007 and 2011. And Anthony Arilotta and Felix Tranghese flipped in 2010.


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Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889570
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Some rare up close footage of Patsy Parrello at 1:50




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Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889575
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The crazy part is that Joe Binder is still alive. He's 106.

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889577
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"Tighter than a nun's tuna". lol


I invoke my right under the 5th amendment of the United States constitution and decline to answer the question.
Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889579
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[img]https://mobile.twitter.com/DSchratwieser/status/761240420705763328/photo/1[/img]

Is that Phil Ligambi Skinny Joey is meeting with in Longport/Margate in Mayonaise Face's Twitter feed?

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: dinocrocetti] #889586
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Originally Posted By: dinocrocetti


LMAO...it was only a matter of time before the Feds got another crack at the punk. Parading around Florida living in other people's posh residences while becoming a maitre'd in a restaurant named after him...I hope he does a 100 years

I also hope he gets 100 years...He's another knucklehead...But are the feds serious..They spent multi years putting this nothing case together ??

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889592
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Lol why would you "hope somebody gets 100 years" did one of these guys bully you when you were younger or something, smh

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889594
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Why would somebody even name a restaurant after themselves? Smart guys would call it Giovanni's or some shit. Fly under the radar. But I guess it's Joey's cockiness.

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: DanteMoltisanti] #889598
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Originally Posted By: DanteMoltisanti
[img]https://mobile.twitter.com/DSchratwieser/status/761240420705763328/photo/1[/img]

Is that Phil Ligambi Skinny Joey is meeting with in Longport/Margate in Mayonaise Face's Twitter feed?


Lol, forgot about the Mayo Face nickname.

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889604
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Will these guys be held in custody till their court cases?



Got to think Philly will not cut any ties to Joey, Ligambi is well respected and what he says goes whether he wants retirement or not ?


British is best....
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Originally Posted By: British
Will these guys be held in custody till their court cases?



Got to think Philly will not cut any ties to Joey, Ligambi is well respected and what he says goes whether he wants retirement or not ?


I think it all depends if Joey kept his side shit a secret or shared the wealth with the Philly fam. We shall see...

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: Wilson101] #889611
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Originally Posted By: VegasMikey
Lol why would you "hope somebody gets 100 years" did one of these guys bully you when you were younger or something, smh
I don't like the ''look me i'm a wiseguy'' types...And i don't feel bad giving harsh penalties to criminals !!

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so you think there should be a difference in sentencing for someone like bellomo because he is not a john gotti type mobster. Did Gigante do anything better than gotti? they both had people killed so i dont understand your point here


Not connected with scott or anyone at gangsterreport

Sorry for the confusion
Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889614
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ha ha dude is a punk.. You know I wuz a gona say sumthin.. stupid fuck .. just like a few of you guys said .. Stupid punk had other peoples houses, other peoples restaruants, other peoples bugatties..or roles royaces.. you gotta be stupid.. In your face he was .. and his fag followers AMAZE me.. One of you sword swallowers said " joey had killers in his corner" For real please Haha.. They want to kill someone join the army or marines.. isis CANT wait to kill Americans.. Go ahead tough guys.. If he just had a $200,000 250 house down jersey somewhere he would b fine.. An just a nice quiet lookin lexus.. Also staying with your guys from your area.. And not even talkin with any new young guys.. Dude was a loser.. but he only deserves 5-7.. I think that compound may have been anti wrinkle or maybe a steroid.. the anti wrinkle has a steroid in it also.. I think.. I said I think.. Older women pay $$ for that shit u know that.. Well any way your dealing with doctors they did 8-12 years of school... their pure professionals their gonna tell the feds Everything..Thier doctors..

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: gangstereport] #889618
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Originally Posted By: gangstereport
so you think there should be a difference in sentencing for someone like bellomo because he is not a john gotti type mobster. Did Gigante do anything better than gotti? they both had people killed so i dont understand your point here


The smart guys keep it on the DL. The idiots brag about it. That's how you get caught. Cali and Bellomo are smart players. How many pictures of them have you seen recently? They keep their shit tight, they don't flaunt their fortunes. I respect that.

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Originally Posted By: MusclesMarinara
Originally Posted By: gangstereport
so you think there should be a difference in sentencing for someone like bellomo because he is not a john gotti type mobster. Did Gigante do anything better than gotti? they both had people killed so i dont understand your point here


The smart guys keep it on the DL. The idiots brag about it. That's how you get caught. Cali and Bellomo are smart players. How many pictures of them have you seen recently? They keep their shit tight, they don't flaunt their fortunes. I respect that.


Completely irrelevant to the subject. Read what Gangstereport said again, this time slowly if your too retarded.

Re: Joey merlino and others busted [Re: domwoods74] #889624
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"Thirty-nine of the defendants charged were taken into custody today. During the arrests, law enforcement officers recovered, among other items, three handguns, a shotgun, gambling paraphernalia, and more than $30,000 in cash."

There are some who'll dismiss what I'm about to post as being a fanboy but these indictments scream of personal vendetta by the Feds.
I'd LOVE to see the dollars and resources spent on this 'widespread racketeering'.

Let's look at the quote above from the federal press release.
46 people arrested and a TOTAL of THREE handguns and ONE shotgun 'recovered'.
Ask yourselves what that number would've been if it was a raid on the bloods, crisp, Latin Kings, 'insert name here' Mexican/columbiam drug cartel?
Personally I'd think it'd be at least 5. rolleyes

$30,0000. Cash. Wow. Seems like a lot huh? FORTY SIX ARRESTED and a GRAND TOTAL of $30k is seized. What a conspiracy.
Agian. Imagine the dollars recovered against a drug cartel.
Do we think it'd be more or less, than fucking 30k...

Gambling paraphernalia? Really? That's worth noting? What, deck of cards? Sports sheet? What a joke.

I'm not saying crimes weren't commited.
But God knows how many years and GOD KNOWS how many millions were spent because Patsy Parillo told some guys to give a kicking to a guy who was hassling female patrons outside his restaurant. Or to give a guy a scare because they gambled, lost and owed them serious coin.
And because a guys name is Joey Merlino and he's a trophy.
But hey, they got 4 guns off the street.

What a joke.

Compare what would've been resulted if this was a two year multimillion dollar investigation against a drug cartel, or the crops, or the bloods, Latin Kings, hells angels, pagens etc etc.

A fucking damn site more than four guns, a betting sheet and an assault against a drunken abusive hobo.

And that's not fanboy shit. It's simply obviously ridiculous allocation of policing resources. When compared with obvious alternatives.

The Mafia gets headlines. That's ALL this achieved.


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And for perspective:
The idiot grandchild and namesake of John Gotti got caught dealing Oxy in the adjacent thread was making $100k a month.
The Feds pulled $30k from 39 arrested.
That's less than a thousand dollars on average for everyone arrested.

So John Gotti Jnr, not mob affiliated, financially, was worth in illegal proceeds OVER A HUNDRED TIMES MORE than each of these 'Mafia Goons'!

Now, tell me this wasn't personal. Or that it was federal resources well spent.


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Dead on Sonny and if you only knew what the Feds do to the people that are in the way or around these people they destroy them along there way .

You will never hear what the Feds do never it's a disgrace do it right or don't do it at all .


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Originally Posted By: gangstereport
so you think there should be a difference in sentencing for someone like bellomo because he is not a john gotti type mobster. Did Gigante do anything better than gotti? they both had people killed so i dont understand your point here
I wasn't trying to make a point, I was asked why I wanted him sentenced to 100 years and I said because I don't like the flashy guys who falunt their stupidity... I never said anything about guy's like Bellomo or Gigante..But yes I respect them far more if that's your question !!

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Originally Posted By: SonnyBlackstein
And for perspective:
The idiot grandchild and namesake of John Gotti got caught dealing Oxy in the adjacent thread was making $100k a month.
The Feds pulled $30k from 39 arrested.
That's less than a thousand dollars on average for everyone arrested.

So John Gotti Jnr, not mob affiliated, financially, was worth in illegal proceeds OVER A HUNDRED TIMES MORE than each of these 'Mafia Goons'!

Now, tell me this wasn't personal. Or that it was federal resources well spent.



First, you would have a point if law enforcement were ignoring cartels or violent gangs to go after the LCN. But they don't. They go after all of them.

Second, your comparison above is of cash confiscated in the multi-family bust with figures alleged (through recorded phone conversations) in the Gotti bust. Not exactly apples to apples.

Gotti is alleged to have said that his operation was taking in $100,000 a month and $1.6 million so far. The contraband cigarettes alone in the multi-family bust were worth $3 million.

But more to the point, money confiscated doesn't exactly tell the whole story in a bust like this, especially when gambling is the big thing. The millions of dollars taken in is amassed over time from collections from hundreds or thousands of gamblers and then funneled elsewhere. You're typically not going to have a huge cash seizure in one place like with drug busts.

As an aside, I don't know if we can really say Gotti is "not mob affiliated" considering how many family members he has in the mob. Maybe this was an independent operation. Then again, maybe it was done with the sanction of the mob.

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Originally Posted By: SonnyBlackstein
"Thirty-nine of the defendants charged were taken into custody today. During the arrests, law enforcement officers recovered, among other items, three handguns, a shotgun, gambling paraphernalia, and more than $30,000 in cash."

There are some who'll dismiss what I'm about to post as being a fanboy but these indictments scream of personal vendetta by the Feds.
I'd LOVE to see the dollars and resources spent on this 'widespread racketeering'.

Let's look at the quote above from the federal press release.
46 people arrested and a TOTAL of THREE handguns and ONE shotgun 'recovered'.
Ask yourselves what that number would've been if it was a raid on the bloods, crisp, Latin Kings, 'insert name here' Mexican/columbiam drug cartel?
Personally I'd think it'd be at least 5. rolleyes

$30,0000. Cash. Wow. Seems like a lot huh? FORTY SIX ARRESTED and a GRAND TOTAL of $30k is seized. What a conspiracy.
Agian. Imagine the dollars recovered against a drug cartel.
Do we think it'd be more or less, than fucking 30k...

Gambling paraphernalia? Really? That's worth noting? What, deck of cards? Sports sheet? What a joke.

I'm not saying crimes weren't commited.
But God knows how many years and GOD KNOWS how many millions were spent because Patsy Parillo told some guys to give a kicking to a guy who was hassling female patrons outside his restaurant. Or to give a guy a scare because they gambled, lost and owed them serious coin.
And because a guys name is Joey Merlino and he's a trophy.
But hey, they got 4 guns off the street.

What a joke.

Compare what would've been resulted if this was a two year multimillion dollar investigation against a drug cartel, or the crops, or the bloods, Latin Kings, hells angels, pagens etc etc.

A fucking damn site more than four guns, a betting sheet and an assault against a drunken abusive hobo.

And that's not fanboy shit. It's simply obviously ridiculous allocation of policing resources. When compared with obvious alternatives.

The Mafia gets headlines. That's ALL this achieved.



how many gang members have shot somebody with a mac.10 in a fine dining restaurant

merlino should've quit while he was ahead

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During Anastasia & DS' second report, at the beginning of the Thursday 6PM channel 29 news, Anastasia said this is just the first wave of charges and there will be one or two more. Did anyone else catch that?

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