Investigators were watching Aug. 9 when Ralph Perna and his son, Joseph, met at a diner in the Bronx with DiNapoli.

And authorities were listening minutes later when Joseph called his brother John to tell him that their father had been tapped to replace Scarfo as head of the New Jersey branch of the crime family.

"He's the new captain," Joseph Perna told his brother, adding, "Tomorrow I'm going down to tell the other kid he's demoted."

John, laughing, said, "I bet you're all broken up about that."

The brothers then referred to media reports raising the possibility that Scarfo Jr. might make a move against those controlling the Philadelphia crime family his father Nicodemo once headed.

That was part of the reason he was being demoted, they said.

Two days later, investigators used the GPS hidden in Joseph Perna's Infiniti to track him to a meeting on the Garden State Parkway with Scarfo Jr.

During that meeting, according to the affidavit, Scarfo was told he was being demoted.

http://articles.philly.com/2007-12-24/news/24996965_1_mob-boss-gambling-case-gambling-operation/3

An anonymous mob insider has said that former mob boss Nicky Scarfo's son, Nicky Scarfo Jr., who recently moved to the Jersey Shore after his release from federal prison, is looking to return to Philadelphia's organized crime scene, Fox 29 News reported.

According to the anonymous source, Scarfo Jr., 42, has been rounding up a crew of "wannabe" mobsters from Jersey, and has his eye on mob boss Joe Ligambi's job.

According to Scarfo Jr.'s lawyer, Scarfo Jr. moved to the shore to be close to his mother and brother, and is working for a cement contractor in Atlantic City, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

http://blog.nj.com/gloucester/2007/08/mob_insider_scarfo_jr_looking.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/video/BC61435805001.html


check this out apparently natale offered to make nicky jr a capo in philly in charge of ac but was told jr wasnt interested

http://books.google.com/books?id=uDwTvcOq_bQC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=scarfo%27s+son+at+jersey+shore&source=bl&ots=gwDKJx6Z9p&sig=Ff8XxPKzYgHxOR0XObh-Xn7aMW8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k9oET-CwMKP50gH79qmsAg&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=scarfo%27s%20son%20at%20jersey%20shore&f=false

this book also talks about how scarfo sr put out contracts on natale, skinny joey through vic amuso/lucchese family