Kaja Whitehouse at the New
York Post offers a piece on the potential failure of a federal case against reputed
organized crime figures from Florida, Philadelphia and New York.
They could soon be breaking
out the Chianti on Arthur Avenue.
A group of reputed mobsters
may be spared a trip up the river because the criminal case against them has
run into big trouble — thanks to some bungling by the feds, The Post has
learned.
Reputed Genovese capo
Pasquale “Patsy” Parrello — who owns the Bronx sauce joint Pasquale’s Rigoletto
Ristorante on Arthur Avenue — and notorious Philly mob boss Joseph “Skinny
Joey’’ Merlino are among 46 Mafiosi now hoping the charges may be dropped
against them in their racketeering case.
The group, which includes
members of four of the five major Mafia crime families, was rounded up in a
massive bust in August.
But federal prosecutors last
week alerted their defense lawyers that two FBI agents and a supervising agent
in the case are being probed internally about their interactions with a key
witness, sources told The Post.
The government is
investigating a failure by the agents to memorialize debriefings with witness,
John Rubio, a Genovese associate who wore a wire against his cronies, according
to a sealed letter to the court last week.
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