Skinny Joey's right-hand man

A little something I wrote on the guy you always see by Skinny Joey's side these days


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Gaeton Lucibello looks more like a chav Millwall fan than a high ranking mobster.

"Oi mate. Gimme a can of Stella. Let's go to The Den and kick the Charlton fans facking heads in".

LMAO

If he ever decides to move back to Philly he better get someone for his left hand also.
Joey has not walked around Philly or even drove around in many years.
The numbers and the loyalty have seamed to come back to the old guard.(and is gaining more and more)

Scott I saw your article with all the quotes from mausie and battaglini. Interesting they came from the sentencing memos that little Nicky posted here a few days ago....

noticed the same thing, italian. pretty funny.

It isn't like he claims any of the quotes as his own sources but, good eye.

I didn't consider that an article, simply a few excerpts from the sentencing memos which Little Nicky posted. And your point is what?

Should I have sourced the memos being posted by "Little Nicky on the Gangster BB forum"....I'm serious, if you think I should have, tell me and I'll go back in and attribute that you posted the sentencing memos here


Scott

It seems that there is a contingent on the internet, besides the ones that don't like what I write about Detroit, that have issues with me writing about Philly. Thoughts?

Kind of what i was thinking. He looks like a douche.

I enjoy ur posts scott and I think you should keep doin what ur doin...plus ur leonetti book is the best philly mob book in my opinion...always appreciate the insight

mob prince was a terrific read! Well done Scot & co

Scott- I honestly thought the same thing going back to the Chickie Ciancaglini article. I find your articles on Philly and the website in general to be great, informative, interesting and insightful. For the vast majority of the things that you write, I feel that it is generally pretty on point. Of course there will be speculative parts of your articles being that anyone writing about the Philly Mob has to speculate to a certain point unless you are quoting a direct source/member of the mob. I want to discourage anyone on these boards from being so cynical and critical of these writings because I don't want Scott to be discouraged from writing pieces on Philly especially since he is one of the only ones outside of Dave S and George A to be writing anything of substance on Philly. I would encourage people to be "devil's advocates" or whatever you want to call it for the sake of debate and conversation, but to simply call Scott out for no reason anytime he comes out with something is simply unproductive and not necessary. So in short, Scott, please don't be discouraged by people that appear to have a problem about your articles and please continue to publish on Philly!

Secondly, I wanted to point out that Ray Wagner's father owns Cookie's Tavern on Oregon Ave. This incidently is a big hangout apparently for 10th & O guys as well as mob/connected guys. Sort of an interesting connection. I didn't realize Ray Wags was also a bookmaker, but I did know that Eddie Wags was involved ('08 bust). I wonder how far Ray Wags go in terms of activity within the Merlino crew? I never really knew much about him or saw anything about him until post-Merlino Crew getting sentenced in 2001 and of course his recent role as "bag man" and "body guard". Before this article I sort of just thought of him as close friend bordering "hanger-on"...

Lou's Crab Bar is history and the restaurant / bar is gone. Cookies is a rough crowd down on Oregon but they blow it out for the Marines birthday party. Funny Monday Night Football this year during the Eagles game they showed a quick clip and Cookies made a quick appearance.

Not me Scott. I appreciate everything you write, as I'm sure a great deal of people here do as well. Thanks and keep it up

Don't be discouraged Scott. It's just a few heads on this forum with something to say, I really haven't seen much of what happens here in regards to your articles on other forums.


Speaking of Philly though, what exactly are the 10th & O guys? I've read they're just a drug gang or something, but I always figured they were Mob guys as well, or at least 10th & O guys became Mob guys, now everywhere I read there's a distinguished difference between the two, I even remember reading that 10th & O guys were butting heads with the made guys in Philly. Are they affiliated or is 10th & O something of it's own entity? Kind of gets me thinking about that shitty movie and with the guy from Remember The Titans, and they go to war with the Sicilians.

I would never stop my reporting because of a vocal minority of "haters" that just seem to want to nitpick everything I do. That said I would never discourage anyone from speaking their mind, either. I guess I have trouble understanding why some people view me as some yahoo in my basement spewing lies and propaganda, when my resume points to the opposite. I shouldn't let it bother me, but it obviously does or I wouldn't post responses.

Thanks for the support, guys.

I wasn't trying to pull a fast one or anything with the Philly mob quotes: Little Nicky posted the memos, I read them, figured not everybody interested in Philly LCN reads this forum and if they do, wont necc want to read the whole thing, so I pulled out some highlights and posted them on my site. I wasn't trying to purport I had some scoop or anything.

Scott what do you expect honestly man, a limited target market, like your mentor George Anastasia says "Make Money Not Headlines". And always remember when your partying in Detroit With Jackie The Kid and the tocco's to raise the roof .."These bitches ain't loyal!"

Scott,

You gotta realize half the guys that come on this site claim to be "in the know" or claim to be "from the neighborhood" which in their view means they know more than you. Couldn't be further from the truth.

They use that defense to post their views and opinions. When an educated writer as yourself does his homework and writes an article that doesn't jive with their "inside neighboorhood wiki knowledge", you ruffle their parrot feathers.

You are an accredited author, the only thing they could possibly say to you is to claim to "be in the know". Keep up the good work man!

Lalou

Just to echo LaLouisiane's comments, we are really lucky to have a legit author like Scott sharing his research on these boards. I know it's easier said than done, Scott, but try to ignore the haters. Regards.

Scott, bottom line, there are people in this world who actually think that 9/11 and the Marathon bombings were part of a government conspiracy. You can have all the legitimate facts and support on your side and it's not gonna matter to them. Please keep posting.

Scott I think he'd like them to be attributed as the "The Midwest Consiglieri

I like the fact taht a professional journalist spends time on Philly. Keep it up.

I wish Scott could get Philip Leonetti on here to give his opinion on things.

And let's be honest. Scott just took the good parts of those sentencing memos that any one of us were looking for and summarized them.

You should be thanking him for doing you a favor and making you read less. Ungratefuls. Santa Claus don't like that shit.

I put them out there so people could read them. They aren't my work product.

If you need anything in the future, scott, feel free to ask. Doesnt cost me anything.

Nicky, come on man, really? Your bashing a guy for no reason because he's stating through an article what he feels is going on based off of people he has spoken with. Our opinions are all equal (To an extent).

We are talking about the mafia, not politics. So what if he's right and your wrong about the menial rank or importance of one individual? Or vice versa? Let's say he's wrong (Don't take that the wrong way Scott), are you gonna tell your grand children that one time on GBB forum you proved a guy wrong? You know how that conversation is gonna go?

"Come here little Johnny, let me tell ya bout that one time back in the 2010's when I got myself into a bar fight of epic proportions on GBB. Guy from yonder said that so and so was a soldier. I said "Listen here fella, I'm not havin' none of that there nonsense today the guy is a damn associate!" And guess what? He was an associate. It was like a knockout punch young'un, one of them one and dones"

".....Grandpa, what's the mafia?"

I understand guys losing their cool on the politics and current affair threads in the general discussion area, but this is kinda dumb. We are lucky enough to have a guy that has proven himself, authored books on the mob, and STILL give up his time to post articles he writes on here.

Yet when a guy like The Arm was here before he or she was proved wrong, guys were lining up to ask questions and get autographs

I think you misread Nickywhips post, LaLou

Thanks Little Nicky, sincerely, man...I appreciate it!

Scott

Scott started at the bottom now's he's here. George A. sold this guy his connects for 100 large (cash) go figure

Has anybody from the Philly area or who are really familiar with the Philly mob ever say that you don't know what you're talking about? Don't worry about what some random jerkoff on the internet says. Don't even give them any attention.

Thanks. It was 10% his fault and 90% my fault. I totally worded that incorrectly.

Scott is a journalist. He knows how to research and quickly pick things out. I AM NOT SAYING others dont. What I should have said was that those sentencing summaries have 1 section in them, I think it's the background, that present the wiretap info, crimes, etc. THe rest of the stuff is the DA trying to back up their sentencing recommendations with historical cases. I'm not a lawyer so I don't know the technical term.

Bottom line, I should have said that Scott took the important parts out and summarized them for all of us. Instead of going through every document, you can know read his article and get the good details from the sentencing documents. That's how he did us a favor.

I apologize for the context in which I originally made my statement. After I saw was LALOU wrote, I picked right up on how my post could be taken either way. I meant it one way but wrote it wrong.

Thanks.

If i was a betting man, i would bet heavy that Merlino wants to stay in Florida, hang at his restaurant, and let the guys in Philly run Philly. I would imagine Merlino told whomever is now in charge that he just wants an envelope each month and MAYBE serve as some sort of advisor if ever needed.. I just dont see him getting involved. He will keep himself insulated and make sure he cannot get dragged into any conspiracy. Just my 2 cents.

Merlino is definitely still getting his envelopes, and we know he's still the boss, at the end of the day. How much he's involved though, is debatable. I think he keeps the title and stays in Florida but will let his guy Stevie run things in Philly.

Look at how this guy reacts whenever hes called out. I don't think some of these writers get it, sooner then later the crazies will come looking for you

What are you talking about? "Called out", I wouldn't call whatever ItalianForever being "called out". As mentioned, Scott's a respected researcher and author in this field, he's privy to an assortment of characters that none of us have access to, and thus is also privy to loads of information. Scott's been nothing but an extreme help to the many of us Mafia enthusiasts who like learning about these things and reading up on the recent activities of various families all over the country.


I just think the guys who claim to be "in the know" or "friends of a guy who's friends of a cousin of the brother of a made guy" and got the "word on the street" get upset when Scott presents well researched information that conflicts with the bull they post, thus it becoming evident that they have no idea as to the accuracy of the things they say. Like someone mentioned, that "TheArm" guy said so much bullcrap on here, and people actually believed him to the point where they'd be lining up to ask questions in some of his threads, meanwhile, the guy didn't know John Gotti from Armand Assante.

Ask the cripple

A better question is why is pimpanella sending me nonsensical PMs?

My bad Nicky, I read that wrong man. Apologies.

My fault buddy. We are good.

Not so. I saw(yes with my own eyes) Joey in CC,Philly in the fall of Oct.'13 driving behind 30th street station. I verified "the siting" thru a friend of his/mine.