exactlty.two and a half years was about the amount of time i was in.ive never really said much about it in detail.nor do i care to. i will say though,i never had to remain in detention before a trial or sentencing.i can imagine it must be rough.paying for a lawyer is hard without a trial. but yeah thirty days is enough to make you 'hard'.against civilians,police,justice system,anything.being locked away fills you with hate.i believe like sixty five percent of all fed offenders are/will be repeat offenders.

I agree with you pizzaboy,this Orlando character said nobody threatened him,I heard he was high as a kite and couldn't even pick the right guys out,so I don't believe anything he says.I thought they said that Scoops was laughing on the 1 tape making light how they finally quieted Johnny ''Gongs''for good.Certain people are looking at this trial 1 way and turning everything to their favor.I also agree with this time thing.This could be a stupid way of looking at things but I compare situations in life to sports.The 2013 Super Bowl has not even been played yet[not for another month and a half]so if somebody said to me ''follow me and led me to a prison cell and said your sitting in there until the 2016 Super Bowl''I don't think I would say ''that's nothing,a piece of cake,I think I would be pretty devastated to say the least.

22, that is a great way to compare of things! And you know all those guys on trial for their lives know all about sports, and you are right its a good compatison and 45 days is long let alone 3 years

Pizza if you don't give a fuck one way or the other, then why are you commenting??

Read his Post, he is giving advice. What he was saying by BOLDING: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS will bring you a ration of BS here and truth be told its a minor jinx in reality! He wasn't stating guilt or innocence, just the fact that a baised statement like that is bad Karma here and in real life!

These girls got south philly shades on... Ive sad it before. But there is no chance that Joe, mouse or staino are innocent. There is to much evidence against them for the rico charge with the guy who owned the video poker business got on the stand and said he was extorted by their organization. And then they have plenty of evidence with the video poker machines. I think Georgie and Scoops go free. Bent Lou is a bent dick bum and they have nothing on scoops. Anyway, I am not sure about Damion but if he is found guility, won't his prior cases get him more time? And Gary B will probably get a little time as well I think. Maybe 3-5.

Sounds about right sp I'd probably say the same thing at this point

Although Staino could get significantly less time due to the fact he's never been convicted of anything

Not to speak for anyone but Pizzaboy is providing all the rest of us with a level headed view of what might actualy happen due to factors if a criminal trial,just because you may or may not be releated to one of those guys dosent change the truth, That's why the fuck I'm commenting

Thanks, guys. You're both gentlemen. But I'm a big boy.

Why am I commenting? Why are any of us commenting? I was merely trying to point out to SouthPhillyBella that she's being way too over confident (I'm assuming this is a woman because of the username "Bella." If not, I apologize).

I try to be objective here, and I don't want to indulge in name calling. And SouthPhilly13? I assumed you were Damion's brother. If you're his sister, chalk that up to chauvinism on my part. The last thing I want to do is upset a couple of women. I'm old fashioned like that. But the truth is, there's no way in hell these guys are getting off "across the board." No...way...in...hell.

The good news is, I think your boy Damion has a fifty-fifty shot of being one of the guys who beats this. But I wouldn't book a spring vacation for the guy just yet. That's all I'm saying. So say a prayer and hope for the best. That's all you can do.

No, what you did was come at her in a slick way by saying she or he was basically trying to convince herself of the inevitable. That's a good one, then you just implied southplilly 13 was a woman when you know he is Damions brother , you have been on here long enough to know. And how do you know Bella does not believe what she/he is saying? Act like the big boy you say you are

Too bad all the wise guys in Philly are guests of DOC right now, we coulda placed some action on this thing…..

NICE!!!!!

I can assure you PB was not trying to be offensive in any way. You're being overly sensitive man we don't need to make this into a big thing.

Oh you don't need to assure me of anything it is what it is, I see you got some slickness to you to but it won't work here I can assure you of that

This trial has got barely any media attention. And it seems that the prosecution prepared a huge discovery that made a lot of guys cop pleas. So there scare tactics did work to a certain extent by not having to try all the defendants and they got one to flip. No one really cares about the Philadelphia Crime Family anymore it's not front page news. Lets face it technology changed the whole game the glory days are gone if you want to kill someone be ready to flee, kill yourself, go to jail, face the death penalty, or if your someone with status (e.g. Nicodemo) that could put certain crime figures away..then you cooperate. George Anastashia got in at the right time of his career and got out at the right time. If these cases were split into small state cases maybe that money could of went to fund our schools in Philadelphia which certainly need it right now. I know that's a little off topic but after all it's a discussion board.


Note* I read one article from Citypaper when they interviewed George and right when they legalized Gambling in Atlantic City..that's when he was assigned to cover issues regarding that genre as well as mob activities. Him turning 65 and him repeating himself over and over with " Make Money not headlines" was like leaving a fart wondering if you shit your pants or not.

Whatever you're saying I'm taking with a grain of salt. I don't know if you have a screw loose or what but rest assured I'm not going to argue over something dumb and pointless. I'm going to quote Vito Spatafore here "I hope you have a pleasant evening" Good bye

Tree where is this coming from? I don't understand?

Mr. Canalicho have you seen SouthPhillyOldhead down at the courthouse I think he would be there with his Joe ligambi screen-printed sweatshirt or a proper violence t-shirt along with his cheer-leading outfit

Hey ya old buzzard you wanna meet me and oldhead down at the saloon for some ice cold suds you know theres some classy mob guys there they buy the whole bar drinks

Good post DM, yup all this attention over a few guys loan sharking and owning some poker machines! Philly is sitting on 321 murders for the year, FBI should focus on those drug king pins, guessing there's some Marlo Stanfield based characters running around Philly!, probably just got a few cops to worry about in the ghetto.

Whether I know them or not is irrelevant and has no bearing on the truth and the facts of the case. I'm just calling it how I see it! Isn't that what these blogs are for anyway? I sat in court for weeks and watched the 73 year old man(Scoops) sleep most of the days because his name was never mentioned. He's indicted for having dinner with friends. I'm not worried about any criticism if they are found guilty. My life will go on as theirs will and so should yours.

NickyScarfo...north philly on certain blocks is just like the wire and the police runs it like hampsterdam....you are spot on there is a murder in philly everyday and its all ages and sexs because of drug trade and arguments

I don't no who southphilly old head is?

Listen up I been reading here for about 5 months..im a concrete guy out of work off an on for 2 years..And uncle joe is getting free money from the teamsters...an benefits..IM a former Afgan Marine with a 6"steel rod in my ankle.. NO benefits for me, thats bullshit..i hope unclejopseph and the rest rot in jail forever...When i went to my amateur fight 3 years ago.. uncle joe kid was there an the rest of the southphly fakes..They were pathetic one guy wore jean shorts couldn't even find a bathing suit 2 fite..AND HE QUIT FOR getting hit in the back of the head..}prometer was outraged they didn't even belong THE TRUTH }When it was over we were all in the bar together southphlly guys were real quiet.and in awww of us..Uncle joes kid wasn't fighting anyone he was out of shape..Sorry I was in a hurry and never proof read this..But if anyone got a problem I can be on skunk st.in 20 min....or we can set it up for later tonite when I go to get a steak...No mob boy will ever out punch or out shoot this Marine..Good day to SOME of you Southphlly fellws...By the way keep cookin south phily it is the only thing your good at and stealin from your own folks and shootin them in da BAK....I got a NICODEMO story for everyone real quick no Bullsht here..This guy keeps starring at me like he wants to kill me right when I walk in bar I just walked in..I told him I was gonna kick his ass he keeps starrin at me...We were in the margate green house..Now I walk over and he seen my marine shirt he wanted to buy me a drink..HE thought I was someone else..Yea ok LOSERS..Thank god for the Marine shirt I could of got shotten in the back if I would of ko him...I be bak

The Badlands in Philly is about as bad as you get. I'm familiar with Baltimore and IMO the Badlands is worse, unless they've cleaned it up recently but i doubt they have. You better watch your back if your ever up there.

How do you like your steak? I'll buy ya one just don't kick my ass

The badlands is bad it hasn't changed. Within the past three years they've indicted a kingpin in that area that "Reds Rivera" and members of his organization. Many which flipped against him. There will always be someone to fill the void there's more then one guy bringing in shit to that area the Dominican's and Puerto Rican's have their different crews. As well as African-Americans who operate. I know the police have reassigned many people within that prescient but the song remains the same. Alot of those dope houses have iron cages that cover the whole porch,

Dicknose,You cool my man..Your kinda on both sides of the fence.And so am i might of been too angry earlier..buti do havea union job i do concrete..with no benefits but uncle joe gotem.But im lucky to have that job.im level headed
And try to hit church every other weekend or so and thank that man for just being healthy..But when i see first hand what these guys try to pull in manyards and greenhouse it amuses me..But there is some poor weak fellow somewhere gettin his head kicked in or starrred down for money just cuse he owns a deacent deli or trash buisness..Its ashame sometimes but that aint my style..

Yea you guys are right you cant leave a fingerprint footprint or fart around anymore without csi finding out or the MAILMAN..He HE what a loser..A Real sniper minimum would of took a 600 yard shot from a rooftop..With doing RECON before ever setting up shop...!95% of mob guys cant fight or shot
there mostly fat and old PLEASE..And told you about the young kids who thought they could fight at the amateur boxing event..95% of them never seen the military or heard of emm..HMMMM there was just a birthday celebrated on nov.10 that took up atleast 10 southphilly blocks..Ill bet 95% of the south philly wannabees dont even know where usmc even started.!!!!!!!!!!