2 High Ranking Philly Guys Picked up this AM

Two high ranking Philly LCN guys were picked up this morning by the FBI.

-Dante

You can't tell us who? WTF

Steve mazzone and Dom grande

Yep, Stevie and Dom got picked up this AM.

That’s 10 Philly guys arrested within the past two weeks. This has gotta be the long awaited indictment the Feds were working on from Persiano and the Undercover he brought into the fold. There’s also the Middle Eastern rat barber that gave info when Narducci got picked up two years ago.

Umm I can’t find Anthony Nicodemo in BOP inmate search

He is still in Pennsylvania state look up

Shit, thanks sorry about that

We all knew this was coming. I just hope Dom doesn’t get hit for an old murder some rat decided to pin on him.

The Philly “family” is about to be defunct. Damn shame.

no worries....wonder if they do find a rat on the dipeitro murders if then nicodemo decides to save himself as well.....Feds love fkn with these dudes around the holidays; if its a dumb gambling thing then this is such a waste of money; there are murders by the handful every day in west & north philly that go unsolved forever and if this is just a gambling thing, when gambling is legal in PA, what a joke

what the heck does Steve Mazzone even do, it seems like he's so far up the totem pole it would have to be an informant.

all shit from persiano, nothing new with a different informant..persiano had a fed with him at times, keep that in mind...

think you are right on because the transcripts have an "unidentified person" that was approving drug deals in the area; interesting if they got to someone else in the past few months as well

You'd almost swear they're a sports team and not murderers, drug dealers and thieves.

Jesus wept.

Mazzone alone was involved in the murder of Felix Bocchino, the attempted murder of Joseph Ciancaglini Jr, attempted murder of John Stanfa that wounded Joseph Stanfa, the shooting of Leon Lanzilotta, the disappearance of Michael Avicolli, and he was pinpointed as being involved in the murder of Ronald Turchi.

It’s racketeering, drugs etc. Definitely from Persiano wire.

15. but many are part of a superceding indictment that have already been charged

I'm sure the feds didn't like it, when a couple years ago, alot of the local media was saying how the numbers on the street of made guys was up again.

You may be able to bait others on this forum but not me my friend.

Great info on some of Mazzone’s exploits though. Jerkoff. Lol.

They should leave these guys alone. The feds should be investigating voter fraud and Joe Biden..real criminals

big picture all of their crimes in this indictment are legal in the US; decriminalized drugs in parts of philly; weed legal in jersey, gambling legal in both states. Loan sharks are available on the web with montel williams and the state of oregon has decriminalized meth, heroin, etc. They really want grande on that murder and shut the book on the philly crime family

The timing of the Feds releasing the DiPietro hit reward and picture of the alleged shooter in that hit all makes sense now....

-Dante

This is all just the superseding indictment from AP and the undercover Fed he brought into the fold back when he was on the streets operating in the AC area.

These guys all knew this was coming.

Interesting that Angelo Lutz’s restaurant is mentioned in the indictment as “Collingswood, NJ Restaurant” .

-Dante

Stevie Mazzone is always there. HIm and Angelo are close friends

They want them on murder, but they'll plead out to minor charges and do two years tops

Philadelphia Inquirer Coverage on the Indictment:

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-mob-drug-trafficking-extortion-20201123.html

I’m curious to see how Stevie got popped in this.

They're saying Stevie is the underboss. Is Joey still the boss or has George taken over completely? Joey is still in Florida. He must be retired or something

The indictment mentions a making ceremony. Was that ceremony recorded? If so, that could explain Steve Mazzone as well as Grande.
They may even have Grande giving the ok for drugs.

This even made national Yahoo news. It mentioned Joe Electric in tne headline on Yahoo for the indictment but isn't he already in prison doing a long stretch over that drug case, him and the old man Chianese?

These guys out on bail?

And are these new additional charges for Servidio?

Who's ML and JL ?? michael lancellotti and joe ligambi, I assume


A reputed wiseguy nicknamed “Tony Meatballs” is among more than a dirty dozen alleged South Philly mobsters charged in a sweeping federal indictment unsealed Monday.

The suspects are accused of everything from illegal sports betting to heroin-peddling to offering loans at 400 percent interest — not to mention plotting to kidnap and possibly murder a drug dealer to save their reputations after the guy sold them fake narcotics.

Anthony “Tony Meatballs’’ Gifoli, 72, was named in the superseding grand-jury indictment along with others including accused La Cosa Nostra underboss Steven “Stevie’’ Mazzone and alleged capo Domenic “Mr. Hopkins’’ Grande, the feds said.

Underlings targeted by the indictment include Louis “Louie Sheep’’ Barretta, Joseph “Joey Electric” Servidio and Daniel “Harry” Castelli, the FBI said.

The crime syndicate has been working from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, NJ, the feds said — as they laid out the Mafia hierarchy in court documents, as well as offered definitions for related key terms.

Federal officials said that unlike New York City, where several crime families have ruled over the years, Philadelphia and its surrounding area has been continuously under siege from the same single Mafia family since 1931.

The court documents only identified the family’s current “street boss’’ by the initials “M.L’’ The street boss can serve in place of the boss when the higher-up is “incapacitated due to imprisonment,’’ the papers said.

The Philly crime family’s consigliere — “typically an older, experienced mobster who counsels [the boss] on important issues’’ — was ID’d by the initials “J.L.’’

The feds described in the papers how “made men,’’ or “soldiers,’’ in a Mafia crime family must be of 100 percent Italian ancestry and vow at a secret initiation ceremony to “burn in Hell if I betray my friends.” If they turn “rat’’ and break “Omerta,’’ or the mob “Code of Silence,” they can be killed.

Meanwhile, mob “associates’’ are not “made men’’ because they either haven’t been initiated yet or they lack full Italian heritage, the papers explained.

In terms of Mazzone’s alleged group, they schemed in places including the now-defunct Broadway Theatrical Club in South Philadelphia, an Italian restaurant in Collingswood, NJ, and a cafe and lounge in Margate, NJ, according to court documents.

The seven-count indictment against the men includes charges of racketeering conspiracy, extortion, illegal gambling and narcotics distribution.

About half of the defendants are already behind bars.

An original indictment in the case was filed in January 2019 against four of the suspects, with the latest one adding more defendants and charges.

“The charges unsealed today against these 15 alleged members and associates of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra show that the mafia remains a criminal presence in our city and beyond,” said Michael Driscoll, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Division, in a statement.

“From loansharking and illegal gambling to drug trafficking and extortion, the mob continues to keep its fingers in many different pots, in its ceaseless quest for illegal profits.

“This group should’ve learned by now that the FBI is as committed to eradicating organized crime as wiseguys are to embracing it.”

Fuckin slander if you ask me. "The area has been under siege by the same crime family since 1931" the press makes it out like we are living in fear of these guys, what a joke, only thing they are guilty of is not reporting income.

https://mobtalksitdown.com/fbi-pa-s...dom-grande-13-others-in-rico-indictment/

A drug dealer sold them fake drugs and bought it, and then didn't do anything about it...What a joke Philly is !!

Someone called this when they put out feeler for info on depietro hit. Think it was Dante but can’t remember for sure. And as for fake drug thing if enough people know about it to know they talked about sending a message, then they did right thing by not acting on it because they would have been fighting a murder charge in this indictment too. Philly has been smart bout when they hit in how in past 20 years outside of AN and the hit on GD.

Juries have been showing their annoyance with Feds charging theses guys for non violent shit in recent years as well. The JL trials and Merlino and Narducci getting deals shows they are wasting tax money on bs indictments and the people have grown tired of it. Again outside of AN nobody close to top has been hit hard in awhile. Feds have blown a lot of resources on year or two please or acquittals and my guess is people are growing tired of feds shit

7 counts isn't really a big rico trial. This will be plead out quickly. Joe elcteic already plead out to 15yrs and the other guys in his drugs case. They'll just plead out and get it run concurrently. In philly's federal district. What a waste of time there.The other charges were committed by the cooperating witness and there some loans. This isn't that big. The drug guys will get the most. Notice no one even got caught with a gun in there house. They knew this was coming

PMAC...right on....ultimately they are throwing the drug charges at a couple of people they feel are weak to maybe to get them to tie together the unsolved murders in Philly and get Merlino and Grande for good; but like you said these charges seem weak. Only problem for Mazzone and Grande and maybe Ligambi is that it shows RICO, all depends on what is on the tapes and how grande mazzone and others answered the rats questions

Yeah, I’d argue the charges are anything but weak. Def implied that they have either a recording and/or eyewitness to a making ceremony which involved many of the indicted. That’s racketeering 101, like it or not. Dealing heroin is not going to win them any sympathy in today’s day and age either. But until discovery is laid out, no one really knows.

Given the advanced ages of many of those indicted, I’d imagine they’re thinking a cpl will flip to avoid dying in prison.

I would assume they know about ceremony from the tapes like when Uncle Joe met with the Gambinos and talked about big lou’s induction. I would assume Joey electric was in the 2015 ceremony and talked about it on the tapes.

yaeh but the guys with the herion charges over in new jersey all have been sentenced to big time over there and philly federal court had to indict them again in there district to make a big presser and add grande to it. dom grand should have been indicted with them in new jersey if there was a god case on him and those fake pills. i keep hearing herion but nobody really was selling herion it was fake oxy pills with fent. which is worse then herion but im just trying to get to the facts. the old guys selling ounces and eightballs of coke in philly will only get 5 yrs or less even if they got priors. there was no gun involved which makes the cocaine charges like 3 times bad if there was one invovled or in a raid. no one cares about coke anymore i think they even got rid of the mandos. so it comes down to loansharking. big whoopy and they asked a bookie or 2 to kick up some tribute and they call it extortion. i dont think anyone will flip.

https://gangsterreport.com/philly-m...se-that-snags-stevie-mazzone-dom-grande/

Burnstein on top of the philly action; who is the dude on the left in the picture? Tough as crap for Grande to grow up in that area and with those guys with always having ppl remind him of his dad being a rat and also not having your dad there for you because of him being a turn coat of his best friends. Going to be an interesting 2021 for the guys in s philly; it seems as though the guys picked up recently should get out on bail with no murder charges on them as of now.

That’s Anthony mazzone.. sonny and stevies nephew.

Who is the “prominent sp bookmaker and advisor to Merlino” Castellis daughter is married to?

thx.......are any of these guys sending their kids to college, the military or tech school and trying to get them straight? I think one of Ligambi's kids is a broadway actor and merlino's daughters I believe graduated from Villanova There is way more easy money out there these days in many different industries and the feds are not going to send you away for 20 years.

I wonder how Anthony Nicodemo is holding up. Haha that guy must be kicking himself every day. If he had been smart, he'd be a capo by now.

100% at least he might still be with his family and outside....dont go off all half cocked and po'd, he could have waited at the very least until it was dark out and got dipietro

Ray Wagner

Yeah and the fact that he used his own car is just unbelievable. I hope someday we get the real story of what the hell happened that day lol

Because this shit is so out of character. Nicodemo was considered a very sharp player. He was an earner and a tough guy

exactly and thought he was in legit business with real estate and the gentrification of east passyunk and the area. I really figured we would hear how these guys were flipping homes and defrauding on fed loans for housing....but you are right it will be interesting to hear the real story one day if it ever comes out as to why

wagners must not talk to many people because they stay clean

So out of the 15 people that got indicted, there are only 4 made guys (Stevie and Sonny Mazzone, Dom Grande and Joey Servidio); Am i right ?


Do we know if the old timers that got out these last years are still active ? Guys like Faffy, Joe Punge, Charlie White, Narducci ?

Charlie White is dead. Faffy has been seen during COVID hanging out at the club house with Borgesi, Vince Filipelli, Anthony Accardo and Lou DeAngelo.

Sonny Mazzone made bail.

Wasn’t Vince Filipelli part of the Stanfa crew or am I thinking of someone else?

Yeah, was Stanfa's bodyguard. Went to see Merlino after getting out of prison in 1998. Was under Anthony Staino in the early 2000s. Went back to prison for a bit now seen with Borgesi

99% sure I saw Vince f. Down the shore in early 2000’s. I recognized him from the papers when I was growing up. Dude is as wide as an f-350.

He redefines the term “meathead”. But he talked his way back into Merlino and co’s good graces, so he must be more than a musclehead.

If you want to get a good sandwich in south Philly, got to magglio’s by packer terminal. Angelo lutz is a silent partner there and hawks his spaghetti sauce. When you pay at the register, you might see him in the room off to the right. South Philly special is unreal

Aside from that, they’re all a bunch of knuckleheads that get what they give....

I always liked Phillips on 20 something and passyunk or maybe it was high teens been awhile since I been around there though idk if it’s same or still there.

Charlie "white" Iannece is gone???????????..when , how & why?? old? nah...please xplain..

U know what..now that I deeply reflect on it..I think I remember this news but was in a family crisis @ the time , so I did not comprehend it properly...Fuck me....o jeez..I shared drinks w/ him & crow back in the day as a kid @ Marra's ....I was only 23 @ the time but my pop made sure I did not converse to much w/ these fella's...fuckin' Pat the cat w/ there too..he was always drunk...I used 2 sell mostly womens garments @ Broad & McKean st.....boy , those were the days..

Charlie "white" Iannece is gone???????????..when , how & why?? old? nah...please xplain..

Still there still great food. Phil hasn’t had anything to do with it for years as far as I know. Joey Baldino has been more involved in running the day to day since Susie passed last year.

Yea I haven’t been there since 07ish. When I tell people I’m from Chester and they ask what best cheesesteak in Philly is I always recommend that over the two tourist traps people always ask about.

Hoodlum, kinda off topic but a gentleman I'm familiar also sold women's garments in south philly back in the day and was a loan shark until recently as hes now like 94. He goes bu the name "Tony Shoes" Scarpa. Is anybody familiar with him?

take a deep breath my man just breathe buddy i hope you get through this, you will b all right not the end of the world.. so so sorry he is gone.. charlie might b with al capone an john gotti now.. that is a good way to look at it.. so so sorry my man.. i hope you took some selfies with your friend. how is your family doing though? i hope they are all doing good.. you will get through this my friend..

Interesting listening to Philly Prime podcast. Anastasia reports that servidio and another indicted fella had planned to murder Kenny Arabia at one point. Didn’t see any attempted murder charges, so it must not be on tape. Kind of awkward though considering Arabia is locked up with the rest of the crew downtown.

Did insinuate that there’s a lot of audio against these guys. That generally leads to plea bargaining. Time will tell.

Persiano won’t take the stand.

They taped the induction ceremony held by Stevie. These guys are fucked.

I'm very surprised but not shocked they got a ceremony on tape. But, that's a game changer

Exactly let Jacobs and Co get a hold of him and his past and they will rip him a second shit hole

i was gonna ask what the word was and whats going on.. did dom or any one else make bail.. and how much is the bail.? if they did not go near the fentonyal i think they still b free... because of this virus i guess talk and info is on the down low.. i hardly seen any summer pictures from the greenhouse or manyards on facbook this summer.. crazy world.. antifa did more financial damage to center city in two days than the mob would in two decades... police statepolice an fbi did not do shit .. i know because of krasner an kenny.. they both need to b fucked up.. real badly too.... i wish i knew where they lived.. i think kenny lives on 3rd an pine.. probably cameras everywhere on thier houses.. i believe one of the mob guys brothers ran for mayor.. i cant remember who though. was it a chang brother or marty angela brother?

Grande and Steve Mazzone were denied bail. Sonny Mazzone got bail

Are they serious? It's Christmas!!!! So theyre gonna keep them locked up through the holidays because of gambling!!!! I feel like vomiting

Stevie already has prior rico charge and Dom was pushing fentanyl. No way they are letting them out anytime soon.

ravens, where i think you may be correct as in soon not the next couple of weeks, i do feel they will both get bail with next 2 months. fed system has loosened up the bail constraints over the years, there is a guy up here in bostonwho was facing a RICO death penalty case in califfornia with one rico convictin AND a separate fed tax conviction yet got bail on the death penaty case 3k miles from the courtroom. i think dom and srevie get it, maybe with a bracelet at first but i think they get it

Grumpies, Billy Ciancaglini ran for mayor but he is not a brother of Johnny Chang. Chickie Ciancaglini's brother adopted him as a kid after Billy Ciancaglini's father went into witness protection.

Biggie, I think you're right about bail—back in the day the reason for keeping them locked up would be because they might be considered flight risks, but I think we all know that there's no such thing as hiding from the Feds anymore. With no violence in the indictment, I would guess they make both those guys put up their homes as collateral and let them have house arrest.

thanks Chin an Giacomo, wow gambling for mazzone even with a prior, thats tough for the family. i believe one of the mazzones kids did time in the airforce or is still in. now that fentyonal stuff, everyone else is get hammered for it. what do you think there gonna do to a mob guy.. And kind of high stature mob guy, an young. i don't even wanna think the time he might get.! but all the bs shit the fbi did, an still does. they ought to defund the fbi.. beef up the regular police. but now with mentality from a lot of the people, that they hate the police. do they feel the same about the fbi? if so maybe dom could get off on it.