Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino the former boss of the Philadelphia mafia is headed back to prison after being sentenced to 4 months on a parole violation. Merlino now has 30 days to report to prison to begin serving his sentence. He was sentenced at a parole hearing today in Philadelphia for meeting with fellow mobster John Ciancaglini and other felons down in Florida.
“Joey Merlino outside Philly Court House”
Now after he serves these four months he will come out a free man under no more supervised release restrictions. So the feds win another small victory against Skinny Joey and it will be interesting to see what Merlino does once he is released and off restrictions. Will he go back to Boca Raton and live the good life away from the Philly mob or will he return to Philadelphia and get back into the game?
Does this mean he has to serve all four months or will he be out in a month
He has a month to report in to start his 4 month sentence, he will serve all 4. I am actually kind of surprised he got any time at all really esp if it was just 4 months and once he is released its the end of his parole. Seems a little nit picky by the feds and over all. But Joey will always have a target on his back.
Yearh does seem like a waste of time for feds
Agreed guys , seems like a waste of taxpayers money for just a 4 month stint. I think its def worth noting though that they have been watching Joey so closely down in Fla and maybe that is an indication the feds believe he is still in control or at least involved with the Philly mob.