Merlino either gets free legal fees or someone else is foooting the bill. Why not be in your home town ? You only need one juror to walk !! I like it , if the Feds are using dog shiit evidence , I think more coverage is good

It looks like hes ready to have this case dismissd in nyc. The fbi agents are in trouble and probaly getting there own lawyers or getting fired why move to philly were you got 12 yrs last time even thou you beat most of the charges. Like i said martin pharma bro skreli starts in a week merlino wouldnt even get a mention. He goes to philly maybe theres a hot shot d.a. trying to make the big league and goes all in after him. It must be his lawyers strategy to drag this shit out. Cause from what i read the gambling operation merlino was geting a cutt of was in the bronx so its there jurisdiction it will never get sent down to philly. Why would they want the case. Idk makes no sense.

All this evidence just disappearing off a CW personal phone or recording deviceis real strange.
One being the CW needs that info to get a better deal in Fed land and another thing that is strange is the CW having all this control over the evidence for the entire case .

Am I wrong here but everything I know about this that the CW does not have control of the evidence but in small portions .

Each week or each meeting the Feds would have gathered the evidence from the recording device or telephone or other .

Just very very strange for there entire case evidence to be left in one persons hands let alone a CW !

Looking like the Feds are playing and may get caught up in something here.

He was back in Margate this weekend, enjoying the Greenhouse.

Not just there .

Definitely not worried being seen in public or with associates from the area.

You guyses are like paparazzi or something.

Should work for TMZ.

When you allways tune in tho what does that make you moe? Lol

Just Heard Joe Bongiovanni past away this week.

Does anyone knows the current status of sonny valentines and dean heiser

Valenti

Cliff notes on capecis column today. Merlinos trial got bumed from september to january next yr. The last of the westside guys are ready to cop out. And the westside people hooked the fucking fbi agent up with a 1000 dollar aweek no show job in the contruction field. He must have had to kick back all the money to the capo or a soldier. How could the smartest family who im sure has people around broke and they got a agent a no show job 4 grand amonth to do nothing. Crazy. It did say you couldnt have a record. If a agent who drives for a capo is getting 4k a month that boss barney or whoever swims in gold like ducktales.

Sonny Valenti does construction and rehab in South Philly like a lot of those other guys do. He's more into development as opposed to single home rehab though. Dean Heiser was a K&A guy that was friends with a lot of the Scarfo guys. He was actually sitting with Salvie on the corner of 9th & Christian when he was shot by the Riccobene guys. Would be interested to hear anything sround him as I didn't know he was still active let alone around if that's what you're implying.

Saw this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning about Ralph Natale's daughter apparently "strong arming a judge" down in Washington DC supposedly over some labor dispute. Article link below:

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/...y-20170714.html

@PHL_Mob, I was just wondering if Philly has "sleeper mobsters", the guys that I mentioned was with merlino during the wars and I was w
Wondering if they were among them

He must have a great case why look at trial instead of taking 1 yr even with the 100k fine i think no ones pays it anyway it goes to creditors unless they can take whatever propertys in your name. Doesnt mike franzese owe like 1million.

Hed probaly have to pay lawyers over 100k for trial id guess they wouldnt do him pro bono or for attention hmmmmmm. Maybe hes not guilty idk.

The tapes are the only evidence against him. It's not like he was the one that actually carried out the crimes. If those tapes are inadmissible, the case relies on an informant who is currently being investigated along with 3 FBI agents for improper procedures during the case. Credibility is everything to a jury and these guys have none. Merlino made a couple million from the healthcare fraud scheme, so a $100K in lawyer fees is worth it.

Merlino is going to trial because if he takes a plea for even a year, he will be on paper when he gets out. He doesnt want to get violated.
I am also betting both he and his lawyers know the case is extremely weak and they feel there is a good chance the prosecutor may drop his case just before trial.
The prosecutor is hoping they take a plea rather than waste all that money on a trial with no hope of a conviction. I wont be shocked if they offer Merlino 5 minutes in prison just to get a conviction.
The feds should not be playing games like this. They have no case, move the fuck on.

It was 4400 bi-weekly. Meaning $8800 a month.. a yes I'm sure the boss of the Country's largest and most powerful Cosa Nostra family swims in gold..if he wanted too