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Sal Pelullo, Reputed Scarfo Jr. Associate, Wants Out of jJail, Mob Scene

February 1, 2012
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The alleged mastermind of the organized-crime-linked, multimillion-dollar looting of Texas mortgage company First Plus Financial wants to be sprung from a Philadelphia jail. addGooglePlusOne(13002, "http://newenglandorganizedcrime.com/sal-pelullo-reputed-scarfo-jr-associate-wants-out-of-jjail-mob-scene/");

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Scarfo Jr., Pelullo Appear in Court

January 22, 2012
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Nicodemo Scarfo Jr. and Salvatore Pelullo were among a group of defendants who went before a federal judge in Camden on Friday afternoon, Jan. 20. Scarfo, of Galloway Township, and Pelullo were among 13 who were arrested on racketeering charges in November of last year. No trial date was set at Friday’s Status Update...

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Mafia Cops Get Long-Distance Appeal

January 20, 2012
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The Mafia cops, ex-NYPD detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa returned to Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday by telephone from separate federal pens for the latest appeal of their convictions. Judge Jack Weinstein, who had sentenced Eppolito and Caracappa to life in prison for multiple murders and passing information to the Lucchese crime family,...

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Henry Hill to Paul Ferris: Get Out Of the Country

January 6, 2012
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Ex-mobster Henry Hill has warned former gangster Paul Ferris to flee Scotland after his movie biopic is released. Legendary Mafia hood Hill reckons Ferris could face revenge attacks, just like he has since the hit movie about him was released in 1990. Hill, 68, spent over a decade fearing that he would be whacked...

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Lucchese Fugitive Returns To NJ

December 29, 2011
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Bail was set at $350,000 for Frank Cetta, 73, accused of running a Costa Rican “wire room,” where the Lucchese crime family processed billions in illegal sports bets. Cetta had his first court appearance this morning. Cetta was named in a sweeping indictment in May 2010, which charged leading members of the Lucchese crime...

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Defense Attorneys Question Legality of Wiretaps

December 13, 2011
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A rule states that while monitoring a wire tap if no criminal conduct is heard within two minutes, the device should be shut off for 30 seconds. That's the basis of the defense request to examine the eavesdropping devices to learn whether they can comply with that rule. In 2010 the New Jersey Attorney...

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Staffing Against NY Mob Dangerously Low

December 10, 2011
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Is the N.Y. FBI allocating far too little to fight the five Organized Crime Families? The answer is a definite Yes, according to a story by mob expert Jerry Capeci, editor of Gang Land News. The site reports that the number of agents investigating New York wiseguys is at an all time low. One...

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Mobster: I Want to Change My Life

December 3, 2011
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In court papers Joel Winograd, defense attorney for reputed acting Lucchese capo Carlo Profeta is asking a federal judge to go easy on his client when sentenced on extortion charges next week. Winograd claims the 69-year-old has retired from the life, and upon his release desires only a quiet existence in upstate New York. Profeta is “hoping to...

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Tommy Lucchese: The Quiet Don

November 27, 2011
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Tommy Lucchese: The Quiet Don

One of the mob’s most powerful leaders in the 20th century was Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese, who lived quietly at 106 Parsons Blvd. in the exclusive Malba section of Whitestone for many years. Lucchese emigrated to the United States in 1910 at age 10 from Palermo, Sicily. He worked as a laborer in 1915 and...

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Scarfo Jr.: I Can’t Afford Lawyer

November 2, 2011
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Nicky Scarfo Jr., the son of jailed former boss Nicky Scarfo Sr., arrested along with 13 others on racketeering, conspiracy and money laundering charges says he can't afford a lawyer and asked for a public defender. Scarfo Jr. Says He Can't Afford Lawyer: MyFoxPHILLY.com UPDATE 11-5-2011 A federal judge denied Nicky Scarfo Jr. bail...

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