I think the guy behind Accardo is the young Albert Lancellotti. Theres two Albert Lancellottis, father and son, that are both connected. Im pretty sure the older one is either Mike Lancellottis brother or cousin, not sure. And the Albert Lancelotti i think is in the picture is Mikey Lances nephew and Joeys friend. Its definitely an old pic, I have seen it before.

Old pic team vs new pick team....


Old pick team wins!

That's usually the case, Sonny. But don't worry, your day will come .

You guys are a trip. I thought it could be an old one too based on the attire but they said it was recent and we all know the papers never lie!!!!

The older albert is Mikey lance's brother hence why the younger one is his nephew, the older ones connected because of his family but he's not a wise guy like his son and brother.

that's an old photo : ) back in 1992 I think

Sounds right. He looks about thirty there.

Hey, my mom says Im special

What did I say about teaching this guy how to post attachments ^^

Now he's posting selfies.



A thank you.

I dont know who the braud is but I would def throw her a shot or two

there probably be a hit on his day.

Joey can do better than that girl... come on now... Deb looks a lot better than that...

or get indicted for something else

he should call it quits because it's obvious that the feds want him

then again u don't shoot your way to the top and then retire at 52

thats wags wife

JEREMY ROEBUCK, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
LAST UPDATED: Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 8:06 PM
POSTED: Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 6:44 PM


Former Philadelphia mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino insists he has kept out of trouble since he got out of prison and moved to Florida three years ago.

Federal authorities call that story laughable.

The 52-year-old ex-don, they alleged in a court filing Wednesday, began violating the terms of his probation within weeks of his 2011 release - meeting with members of La Cosa Nostra even as he was living in a federal halfway house meant to ease the transition back to postprison life.

What's more, they said, they have the photos to prove it.

The filing came just days before a probation violation hearing in federal court in Philadelphia that could put Merlino back behind bars.

Specifically, prosecutors have alleged that he enjoyed a night on the town in June with one of his former captains, a relative of a Lucchese crime family capo, and another ex-con at a swank Boca Raton cigar bar.

Merlino's lawyers have said their client either did not know those men were at the bar that night or was not aware of their criminal histories. They have criticized federal officials for seeking to revoke their client's probation just days before it was set to end.

In their filing Wednesday, prosecutors stood by their case.

"Merlino was the leader of the Philadelphia family of La Cosa Nostra," Assistant U.S. Attorney David Troyer wrote in Wednesday's filing. "His suggestion that his meetings with convicted felons and LCN members and associates were mere 'chance encounters' is laughable."

U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick is set to weigh Merlino's case at a hearing Friday.

For Merlino, who some law enforcement officials still believe is leading the Philadelphia family, it will be his first appearance in a courtroom here since he was sentenced to 14 years in prison on racketeering conspiracy charges in 2001.

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he may be heading back to the big house.... last meeting was beyond dumb but if they have one accidental encounter 3 years earlier then this it kind of proves the feds really want to put him away for good

How long could the feds send joey bak to da pen for if he does get sent bak to jail? Or if hes lucky just extend his supervised release. Or let it go completly I gotta say it looks like the feds planned this out throughly if they got pics of him meeting wit associates near his halfway house in 2011 and wait to nearly the end to c him at the cigar bar wit chang and others and still wait till the end wat assholed.. But

Not to say I told you so but I've been saying for years that Merlino was retired.

Anyone still believe joey's pulling the strings?

Yeah i do believe he is running the family, you basically just took one sentence that suited your theory and left out the last part which goes against it. The way I intepreted that is the man is saying Merlino was the head of the family at the time of his conviction and that calling his encounters with members and associates as chance encounters is laughable is that he is still involved with Cosa Nostra and is the boss of his family. Why would he risk meeting with members and associates of Cosa Nostra while on parole if he wasn't involved. But everyone is entitled to there own opinion, time will tell.

agree with you as well, I think the USA guy was saying he is still the man and they are not chance encounters

The second part of the paragraph in NO WAY contradicts the first part.

The second part of the paragraph simply states he had meetings with LCN members with the implication that he is still involved in LCN, not that he's the boss. This obviously doesn't contradict anything as one can be involved without being the boss. And again, LCN involvement is only implied.

'was' is past tense. If the government believed he is still the boss either they would have used different terminology or they've made a clear error.

I don't see how you can read it any other way.

But as you say, time will tell.

Anybody know which Lucchese capo's relative met Merlino?

John Ciancaglini, Brad Sirkin and John Fiore — all convicted felons not sure which is related to the lucchese capo or who he is

Feds: Merlino's claims are 'laughable'
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6ABC Mob boss Joey Merlino is accused of knowingly associating with a mobster and two guys with fraud convictions.
6ABC Mob boss Joey Merlino is accused of knowingly associating with a mobster and two guys with fraud convictions.



JULIE SHAW, Daily News Staff Writer shawj@phillynews.com, 215-854-2592
POSTED: Thursday, October 9, 2014, 3:01 AM


FEDERAL prosecutors yesterday called it "laughable" that Joey Merlino would suggest that his run-in this year with three convicted felons - including a co-defendant in his 2001 racketeering trial - was just a "chance encounter."

Such an idea is "belied by evidence," Assistant U.S. Attorney David Troyer wrote in a court filing.

"Skinny Joey," 52, the former Philly mob boss - or current boss-in-exile, some law-enforcement officials say - is due in federal court in Philly tomorrow to answer the government's allegations that he knowingly associated with mobster John Ciancaglini and two guys with fraud convictions at Havana Nights Cigar Bar & Lounge in Boca Raton, Fla.

The government also says that Merlino, who now lives in Boca Raton, has not fully paid $337,943 in court-ordered restitution and failed to comply with a request for information during a May financial deposition.

Merlino, who served 12 years in prison for his 2001 convictions on racketeering, RICO conspiracy and related charges, was released from federal custody in 2011. He was then serving three years of supervised release, which was due to end Sept. 6.

But on Sept. 2, the U.S. Probation Office filed a petition alleging that Merlino had violated his supervised release by associating with convicted felons and by failing to provide information regarding a business transaction.

On June 18, two Florida detectives saw Merlino in a VIP area of the Havana Nights bar interacting with Ciancaglini and two other convicted felons, Brad Sirkin and Frank Fiori, according to the probation officer's petition. Ciancaglini, a member of Philadelphia's La Cosa Nostra, was convicted alongside Merlino in 2001.

The petition also says that during a May financial deposition, a federal prosecutor asked Merlino about a person named Carmine Gallo, and that Merlino refused to say how he knew Gallo.

Merlino's attorneys, Edwin Jacobs Jr. and Michael F. Myers, wrote in a legal memo filed Monday that Merlino has "scrupulously abided" by the terms of his supervised release while in Florida.

They wrote that the June run-in with Ciancaglini was a "chance encounter," and that there was no evidence that Merlino knew that the fraudsters were convicted felons.



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JULIE SHAW
Daily News Staff Writer shawj@phillynews.com, 215-854-2592

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The article above says current boss in exile right?? Let's all argue and speculate ....

I mean the other article used the word "was" which is clearly past tense!!! Which is it???????

lol

Is the hearing just with a federal judge and he has the ultimate say after hearing both sides? Depending on if the photos from the 2011 enounter the feds say they have is actually it, then it seems joey is going back to jail, if that is true

If it's written, it must be true!

I can't count how many times this TommyGambino character has pulled this type of shit. Hanging onto every word an article says and if he spots one thing to support his arguments he takes it as the fucking gospel.