Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino talks to the media Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997, outside the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia (H. Rumph, Jr./AP Photo) Convicted former Philadelphia mob boss Joseph ...
But this week, reputed Philadelphia mob boss "Skinny Joey" Merlino, 55, once again will find himself in a federal courtroom - fighting a case that could force him to grow old in prison. He’s survived ...
A year after opening a cheesesteak shop in South Philadelphia, “Skinny Joey” Merlino is syndicating: He has a new location coming to the Jersey Shore, followed soon by a third in Delaware County.
Police are investigating a suspected arson at the South Philly storefront where convicted mob boss Joey Merlino plans to open a new cheesesteak shop, authorities said. Around 2:15 a.m. Thursday, ...
The reputed head of the Philadelphia mob was slapped with a maximum sentence of two years for illegal gambling Wednesday during a raucous proceeding in which one of his supporters loudly called the ...
Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia outlines the battle for power among rival mafiosos in the 1990s. One of its subjects, Joey Merlino, was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001. He ...
The once reputed boss of Philadelphia’s mob heads back into federal custody Monday. Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, the reputed head of Philadelphia's La Cosa Nostra in the 1990s, must serve four ...
It looks like a tale of the tapes in the feds’ latest battle with mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino. Federal authorities, in arguing that Merlino should not be released on bail, have pointed to ...
A notorious Philadelphia mob boss sentenced to two years in prison for illegal betting quipped outside court Wednesday that President Donald Trump was right to suggest cooperators or flippers should ...
Just a year after opening his South Philadelphia cheesesteak shop, “Skinny Joey” Merlino is launching new locations at the ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Former Philadelphia Mob Boss Joey Merlino is heading back to prison. Merlino must report to a federal detention center in Miami by 2:00 p.m. Monday. A federal judge sided with ...