The Sun-Sentinel offers a piece on reputed Philadelphia Cosa Nostra boss Joseph Merlino's guilty plea in New York.
Manhattan federal prosecutors
angered a judge Friday by giving up their pursuit of Philadelphia's reputed top
mob boss.
Prosecutors let Joseph
"Skinny Joey" Merlino -- who has a home in Boca Raton -- plead to a
gambling charge, abandoning their effort to convict him of racketeering, health
care fraud, loan sharking and other counts.
Merlino beat those raps in
February when a jury deadlocked, leading to a mistrial. Manhattan federal
prosecutors decided not to try Merlino again.
Judge Richard Sullivan asked
why the government agreed to let Merlino plea to a charge that carries a
maximum two-year sentence.
You can read the rest of the
piece via the below link:
You can also read my
Counterterrorism magazine piece on the federal case against Merlino and the
history of Cosa Nostra via the below link:
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