At what point do throw in the towel and give up? He has to have enough $ squirreled away or on the street to cash in eventually to be able to live the rest of his days in relative luxury...can't spend your millions in prison. Just step down and be happy with the 1-2 mil in liquid cash he probably has put aside. Yeah you can't live like a king anymore but he's closer to 60 then 50 now. He can still have a upper middle class lifestyle and never have to worry about money again AND still leave a good enough envelope for his kids when he passes.

Not this guy. Asideb from Scarfo, was there ever another boss driving around in a Bentley or Rolls? That's the kinda guy they're dealing with. It would be nice to see him bloody the streets of Philly one more time. Just start whacking anyone ever suspected as a rat. And then send his ass away.

Retire? Whats this, the navy?

https://youtu.be/bu7xvQYpC88

Yea I doubt Merlino has anything stored away. With his lifestyle and the way he gambles?

my opinion hes lucky if he makes a half a mill. seeing baby shacks in providence had a nice scam he had like 5 strip clubs every one in rhode island paying him 3000 a month and he had his guys working doors ect. he had that shit since the 80tys. but then you had his underboss big cheese go down for taking 500 bucks a month from a huge bookie. the bookie didnt even roll on him and got like 15yrs for bookie shit and he burned his bar down aurthur gianelli or something like that. this guy was a huge bookie only had to give 500 amonth and a xmis bonus whatever that is idk im guessing 5k maybe less. what do you do with all that cash like you said irs would dig up his yards weekly. lawyers cost him a half a mil. 500k is nothing to sneeze at. his top capos probaly bring him 5 10 k here and there.

Im sure Joey makes some cash but lmao at him having millions stashed away... Guy is a pure degen

Joey could make more, or less. He could make millions.it wouldn’t matter, he would blow it all by midnite...also, can’t compare joey to carmine in boston, joey first of all, is the real deal..second of all, he’s a movie star, he has legitimate suckers just handing him thousands to hang around, carmine has people handing him soproseddas and cannolis

Trying to imagine Carmen on South Beach....

I highly doubt Merlinos broke as people say no way was he not getting a nice piece while he was away in the 2000s and with him in jail not spending he probably stashed a nice chunk of that away. His wife also owns 1.3 million plus worth of property. But no way has he earned enough to retire the way he lives i agree on that.

https://southsidedaily.com/local-ne...e-now-this-man-is-facing-life-in-prison/

Joey Merlino facing life in prison.

Funny how “young turk” skinny joey is now old
School haha. Approaching 60s with heart issues, served a load of time, been boss for decades, been thru wars and a load of murder attempts. Respected by all families including west side clearly as we see from his latest case. Feds been trying for years and he has avoided getting life miraculously. Still a degen gambler also. When is a movie being made about this guy?! Starting from the first robbery bid. He must be a living legend in mob circles to those guys. Rats like Leonetti insult him in their bios but it screams jealousy to me as he has lived the life as Much as anyone and has clearly had a lot of fun too amongst it all

The guy has nine lives and has stood up !!! But even though most of these guys are killers and thieves the ones with any class or any morals or respect for there life did not hurt woman and children directly I would not put him up on any pedestal until you see what he did to regular folks and I don’t mean rackets or a result of a mob hit he does not belong with the guys that played by the rules for most part.

I was reading Blood and Honor and I was struck by how dispassionately Caramandi talked about driving a pharmacist he targeted with a con to suicide.

That shit is just as twisted as putting a knife in somebody.

I found that book way too dense with information so I gave up after twenty or so pages.

Moe..my friend that lives where my parents were born.....THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT....Crows book is one of the best written memoirs of true crime..how in God's name could u not finish a treasure ??...FINISH IT please!! & u call ur self an aficiando?? The Crow is a good story ..Blood & Honor should b made into a movie..I'm sure many would agree..don't tell me ur goin' soft on me , cuz ,& I don't care if u r battin' 4 the other team ( it's been obvious to all the board members) but u MUST finish that book..it's not twisted , it's truth..Crow tells it like it was..1 of my top 3 books ever...out of hundreds ..& I will go so far as 2 say as a former "know some dudes" back in the day, he does not bullshit..he has no reason too...he now wishes things were backward,,meaning ,if it was not 4 Scarfo's treachery ,,he still wishes 2 b in the life ..he was a good soldier, albeit sometimes stupid,but would have remained loyal...& the consummate conman..now , in rural T.N...he is lonely, old, & hopeless w/little income & no piece of ass even though he proclaimes 2 still desire young & pretty things...but he did find an angel 4 his shoulder in a trailer park back in 2003..dont know if their still 2 gether.Poor Crow ..He was a cool dude .

Hoodlum agreed this is one of my favourite books. And yes I remember how the crow said nonchalantly about the pharmacist, chilling. There was also one story about a flim flam he was trying to do on this guy in relation to some baseball cards but the guys lil kid didn’t trust him and wouldn’t give him the money. That was brilliant that kid deserves a medal.

Serp I get what your saying but it seems as though he has won the mob game for the most part at number one for like 20 years+. Not many mob guys have been nearly as successful as that albeit isn’t NY