Virelli definitely flipped, he testified against one of his partners..Mark Lanzilotti. He only got 5 years as reward for flipping....he was looking at decades behind bars because of all his priors.


Philadelphia Inquirer - October 16, 2002 - B02 LOCAL NEWS PHILADELPHIA & ITS SUBURBS

Mob informant receives a five-year drug sentence

Government informant Dennis Virelli, a convicted drug dealer who once helped to plot the murder of crime boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for his role in a methamphetamine-distribution ring in Philadelphia, South Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania. Virelli, 57, faced a possible sentence of life imprisonment because of his extensive criminal background.

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