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Joseph Salvatore "Skinny Joey" Merlino (born March 13, 1962) is an American former mobster who was the reputed boss of the Philadelphia crime family from the 1990s until 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He rose to power and seized control of the organization in the mid-nineties after he fought against the John Stanfa faction of the family.
Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino – became boss in 1999, [77] and is believed to have headed the Philadelphia crime family until 2024. [ 141 ] [ 142 ] In 2024, Merlino was demoted and excommunicated from the family after establishing himself as a social media personality.
A key Mafia informant against one-time Philadelphia mob boss “Skinny Joey” Merlino says flipping sides to become a federal witness enhanced both his life of crime and his bank account. “I ...
Reputed Philadelphia mob boss "Skinny Joey" Merlino wants no part of President Donald Trump's desperate efforts to flip the results of his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. A lawyer for Trump ...
He became a close friend of Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, the son of Scarfo crime family underboss Chuckie Merlino. [8] However, the relationship with Joey Merlino was to prove inauspicious. Their friendship, which was very close, ruptured in 1988 when Chuckie Merlino was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to 45 years in a federal ...
The Independent was tipped off to the existence of the photograph after reporting that Mr Trump had recently posed for a snapshot with Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino, who ran the Philadelphia ...
Lutz frequented a social club at Sixth and Catharine Streets in South Philadelphia that was the headquarters for reputed mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino's organization in the mid-1990s, frequently bringing food such as pork chops cooked with baked beans and peppers, a dish that he later said Merlino particularly enjoyed. [1]
Reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Merlino, who's currently on trial, gave two Mafia associates the skinny on murder during a 2014 sit-down. Reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Merlino, who's ...