That's on par with Gotti's fireworks shows. They were harmless and well intended but they pissed off law enforcement to no end. And look what happened to Gotti.

It's nothing personal. I honestly don't care either way and I only wish jail time on the most violent and unrepentant criminals. But I'm 55 years old, I've been around guys like this all my life, and I know how this movie ends. And if Joey Merlino keeps taunting the Feds the way that John Gotti did, he's going to suffer the same fate. He'll die in a cage.

He should take his money and retire. Truly retire. South Florida is too high profile for him anyway. He should head out west. That's the only area of the country where money allows you to reinvent yourself.