I am still pissed Deja Vu was before my time. All the older guys at the shore still rave about that club to this day. A matter of fact I was in AC Sunday speaking to guy who used to Manage Deja Vu said it was the hottest club in AC but closed when the Casinos started opening up nightclubs :

Monday, March 25, 1996 - SCARFO JR. CHARGED IN ASSAULT


ATLANTIC CITY - Nicodemo Scarfo Jr., son of jailed crime boss Nicky Scarfo, was arrested for allegedly threatening the owner of Deja Vu Nightclub with a knife early Sunday morning.

Two employees of the nightclub wrestled Scarfo to the ground after he threatened "to cut" the owner, William Morton, said Sgt. Ernest Jubilee, police spokesman.

The employees then took away from Scarfo a weapon, described as a butterfly knife, Jubilee said.

Scarfo was charged with aggravated assault.

A second man, William Andes of Scotch Plains, who was apparently with Scarfo, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault for allegedly attacking the two employees as they wrestled with Scarfo, police said.

Jubilee said Andes allegedly hit one employee with a bottle and the other with a glass. However, neither employee needed medical attention, Jubilee said. The only injury reported was to Andes, who was cut on the hand.

Morton said the altercation started after one of Scarfo's friends got into a fight and was ejected from the nightclub.

"They had only been there about 45 minutes to an hour. His friend got into a fight, his friend was leaving, that was when Scarfo went into his act," Morton said.

When asked if he thought Scarfo was serious about harming him, Morton said, "Your guess is as good as mine. I didn't get stabbed. My security handled the situation very well."

Scarfo was paroled from Bayside State Prison in Cumberland County on May 22, where he was serving a seven-year sentence for conspiracy to commit racketeering, said Bob McHugh, spokesman for the state Department of Corrections.

Scarfo Jr., once considered heir apparent to his father, was sentenced in November 1993.

He and seven others were charged with distribution of illegal video machines to bars, restaurants and taverns in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and California.

Most of the defendants were identified by law-enforcement officials as members of the Newark branch of the Scarfo-Bruno organized-crime family, which the elder Scarfo headed.

Scarfo Sr. is in federal prison serving consecutive sentences for conspiracy and racketeering.

During the trial, Scarfo Jr. was described as an organized crime associate who served as a go-between for his father and the organization.

A state Superior Court judge pointed to Scarfo Jr.'s interactions with his father in handing down the maximum sentence of seven years, but he was still paroled 18 months later.

He was then assigned to the Atlantic City parole office. Scarfo's address was listed by police as North Georgia Avenue, the longtime Scarfo home.

McHugh could not comment on the specifics of the assault charges, but said the offenses could be violations of parole depending on their circumstances.


The incident happened inside the club just after 1 a.m. Sunday, according to Jubilee.

Andes, 32, of Scotch Plains, allegedly attacked the two employees and then fled the bar being chased by other bar employees, he said.

K-9 Sgt. Guy Curcione, who was working an unrelated detail on South New York Avenue where the bar is located, then apprehended Andes.

Scarfo Jr. was arrested inside the bar.

Reached Sunday night, Morton said that Scarfo was not a regular patron of the nightclub.

Attempts to reach lawyers for Scarfo Jr. were unsuccessful.

Scarfo Jr., 31, was charged with aggravated assault, possession of an unlawful weapon and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, police said.

Andes was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, the bottle and glass, police said.

Both were being held in the Atlantic County jail Sunday in lieu of $20,000 bail.