Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Nicodemo Domenico Scarfo Sr. (March 8, 1929 – January 13, 2017) also known as "Little Nicky", was an American mobster who served as boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1981 to 1990. Infamously known for his murderous reputation, Scarfo led the family through its bloodiest period until his conviction in 1988.
He entered a coma where he remained until his death in April 2014. [12] On November 4, 1988, just three days after Mark's suicide attempt, Nicky Scarfo Jr. and a friend assaulted a woman in an elevator at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. The woman said the two men had looked menacingly at her, and she pretended to reach for a gun ...
The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno–Scarfo crime family, [19] the Philadelphia–Atlantic City crime family, [20] the Philadelphia Mafia, [21] [22] the Philly Mafia, [23] [24] [25] or the Philadelphia–South Jersey Mafia, [26] [27] [28] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The death of Bruno triggered a violent civil war in the family between factions loyal to Harry Riccobene and Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, who controlled the family's Atlantic City operations. Testa was inducted as a " made man " in the Philadelphia branch of Cosa Nostra in June 1980 in an initiation ceremony conducted by Phil Testa and his ...
When Nicky Scarfo took over the crime family in 1981, he promoted Merlino to underboss. In 1984, Salvatore "Salvie" Testa broke off his engagement to Merlino's daughter Maria. Enraged, Merlino got permission from Scarfo to murder Testa, despite him being a loyal member of the crime family. Merlino developed a drinking problem.
Deceased; died of Glioblastoma on March 28, 2021, while being held at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, a high-security facility in Indiana which houses federal death row. (Sentenced to death in 2008) Serial child molester and rapist; sentenced to death for a 2005 kidnapping and quadruple murder in Idaho. [79] Chevie Kehoe: 21300-009
Nicky Scarfo Jr., "Nicky Junior" (born 1965) Gregory Scarpa, "The Grim Reaper" (1928–1994) Gregory Scarpa Jr. (born 1951) Gerald Scarpelli (1938–1989)
Philip Michael Leonetti (born March 27, 1953) [1] is an American former mobster who became the underboss of the Philadelphia crime family under his mentor, uncle and former boss, Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, before becoming a government informant in 1989 after being sentenced to 45 years for racketeering.