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Re: Merlino bak to prison ???
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10/10/14 09:27 AM
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All merlino had to do was send messages through a person that's in trust, I don't understand it Well, I honestly agree with you. IF he's still the boss, he has to be smarter than that.
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Re: Merlino bak to prison ???
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10/10/14 09:55 AM
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I wonder who merlino met with when he was released to the halfway house It'll come out. Just give it time.
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Re: Merlino bak to prison ???
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I wonder who merlino met with when he was released to the halfway house Bigfella, From Anastasia'a article from yesterday "He fully understands the seriousness of such violations," the prosecutor argued. "John Ciancaglini was a co-defendant of Merlino’s in the instant case. Frank Fiore is a convicted fraudster. Bradley Sirkin, who is related to a capo in the Lucchese crime family, is also a convicted felon. In fact, by Merlino’s own admission in his memorandum of law, Merlino met Sirkin in a federal halfway house. Any suggestion that Merlino did not know that these were prohibited persons is patently unreasonable."
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Re: Merlino bak to prison ???
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The judge Is debating weather or not the feds time to violate merlino has expired It's the date of the violation that counts, not the date of the court appearance. It works similar to statutes of limitations on crimes that are on the verge of running out. As long as the indictment is secured BEFORE the statute runs out, they can prosecute after the fact. Maybe Joey's happy for the delay, though. He has a legal excuse to be in Philly now, and it's always nice to be home .
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Re: Merlino bak to prison ???
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10/10/14 11:11 AM
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A dapper Merlino is in old form at court Share Tweet Reddit Email 76 COMMENTS Joey Merlino arrives at federal court this morning to answer government allegations that he violated his probation. ( YONG KIM / Staff Photographer ) Joey Merlino arrives at federal court this morning to answer government allegations that he violated his probation. ( YONG KIM / Staff Photographer ) JEREMY ROEBUCK, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER LAST UPDATED: Friday, October 10, 2014, 1:28 PM POSTED: Friday, October 10, 2014, 9:34 AM Former mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino cut a colorful figure as he strode into the Philadelphia federal courthouse Friday for his first appearance before a judge here in more than a decade. Dressed in a floral tie and dapper suit, he threw a few needling jabs at the FBI agents who have tracked him for years, joked with gathered reporters and easily slipped back into the mouthy, media-friendly persona he'd cultivated as the head of the city's crime family. "Can't wait to go to the parade," he quipped to the cameras on his way in to court. As for the case that brought him back to town - a hearing on whether the 52-year-old ex-don violated the terms of his federal probation just weeks before it was set to end? It offered little of the same excitement and no clear decisions. For more than two hours, prosecutors and lawyers argued legal technicalities, studied dates on the calendar and argued about office procedure as U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick weighed whether federal authorities had missed their deadline to try to put Merlino back in prison. The judge did not issue a ruling Friday, and said he would put off hearing evidence on any alleged probation violations until he reached a decision on the timing issue. Last month, Merlino's probation officer moved to revoke his release, saying he had violated its terms on two occasions - first, when he allegedly refused to answer questions about his finances in May and then again in June with a purported night on the town with three ex-felons at a Boca Raton, Fla., cigar bar. But in court Friday, defense lawyer Edwin Jacobs Jr. argued that prosecutors failed to issue a summons for his client to appear in court on the charges by the Sept. 6 end date of his probation. Prosecutors say Jacobs caused the delay himself by asking court staff to wait more than a week before scheduling a hearing while he juggled his own heavy case load and a pending surgery. Either way, said Assistant U.S. Attorney David Troyer, by filing a motion Sept. 2 that signaled their intentions, probation officers gave Merlino all the notice he needed. "It's ridiculous," Troyer said. "Everybody in this case did exactly what they were supposed to. I don't think anyone has ever had the chutzpah to ask for a delay of a hearing and them complain about the delay." For his part, Merlino sat quietly at the defense table throughout. Asked afterward what he made of the last-minute attempt to put him back in prison, he said: "They're mental." Merlino was last seen at the courthouse in 2001, when he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for his conviction in a racketeering conspiracy case. He also stood charged at the time with more than half a dozen shootings, including those of a video-poker operator who refused to pay street tax, a rival mob leader and the brother of a witness in an earlier mob trial. Merlino denied the allegations, and jurors acquitted him of those counts. Since his release from prison three years ago, he has moved to Florida, insisted he has left his mob days behind him and talked about opening a restaurant in his new home of Boca Raton. Still, federal investigators have kept a close eye on his activities ever since - even sending a wired mob turncoat to meet with him in 2011 in hopes they could catch Merlino discussing continued mob involvement. Jacobs said Friday that now that his client's probation was over the prolonged scrutiny of his client should also come to an end. "All of the federal resources spent on Joey Merlino over the years might be better served fighting ISIS or the spread of Ebola," he said. "Enough is enough." jroebuck@phillynews.com 215-925-2649 @jeremyrroebuck Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/201410...PveIkPwgQshY.99
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Re: Merlino bak to prison ???
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Friday, October 10, 2014 Merlino Packs Them In At Federal Hearing
By George Anastasia For Bigtrial.net Joey Merlino can still draw a crowd. The one-time South Philadelphia celebrity mobster had a nearly packed courtroom for is probation violation hearing this morning. Friends, family members, law enforcement officials and more than a dozen members of the media showed up for a 90-minute proceeding that revolved around mundane technical issues and that offered all the drama of a first year law school seminar. After the session before U.S. District Court Judge R. Barclay Surrick ended without any resolution, Merlino, 52, attracted a swarm of television and newspaper photographers as he exited the building at Sixth and Market Streets. Read more at http://www.bigtrial.net/2014/10/merlino-packs-them-in-at-federal-hearing.html#EKyAtrLSlGrC6dPU.99
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Re: Merlino bak to prison ???
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10/10/14 02:17 PM
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joey is a funny fuck though, looked like he loved being back in the spotlight Then he'll have a ball at his eventual RICO trial .
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
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Re: Merlino bak to prison ???
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10/10/14 02:34 PM
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joey is a funny fuck though, looked like he loved being back in the spotlight Then he'll have a ball at his eventual RICO trial . 100%....i mean the feds probably should be focusing on other aspects of life in america but when you get away with murder like he has and just keep giving the middle finger to them they get mad......you keep throwing rocks at the jailhouse door they eventually let you in and PB you may be ending up being right with this.....churchill said it best "those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
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