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Anthony Staino Jr. is a free, but still part of the Philly Mafia?

January 15, 2020 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment
Anthony Staino Jr

Anthony Staino Jr was recently released from a halfway house after completing his full sentence on federal charges according to mob expert Dave Schratwieser. Anthony Staino Jr.  He is back on the streets free and clear but is he still part of the Philadelphia Mafia family? Staino and several other Philly Mafia leaders including then-boss … [Read more…]

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Philly mobster Joseph Servidio pleads guilty

June 18, 2019 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  Joseph Servidio a soldier in the Philadelphia mafia pleaded guilty this week to drug trafficking charges. The 59-year-old mobster was busted back in 2018 on multiple charges including dealing cocaine, drugs, and meth. Servidio known on the streets as “Joey Electric” will be facing up to 12.5 years behind bars at sentencing which is … [Read more…]

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Philly Mafia captain Anthony Staino released from prison

May 23, 2019 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment
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  Philadelphia mafia captain Anthony Staino has been released from prison according to mafia insider Dave Schrawieser. The 62-year-old mob capo was indicted in 2011 along with former acting mob boss Joseph Ligambi, underboss Joseph Massimino, capos Joseph Licata and George Borgesi, and mob soldier Damion Canalichio on various charges including racketeering. While Ligambi, Borgesi, … [Read more…]

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Wiretap recordings of Philly mobster Joseph Servidio and more

March 19, 2019 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  According to authorities, New Jersey-based Joseph Servidio is a soldier in the Philadelphia mafia. The 59-year-old wiseguy also known as “Joey Electric” was part of a federal indictment unsealed last year at the end of a two-year probe. He was hit with multiple drug-related charges that included dealing large quantities of methamphetamine. The feds … [Read more…]

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Philadelphia Mafia bust exposes new undercover informant

March 20, 2018 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  According to reports the feds have busted a New Jersey-based crew of the Philadelphia Mafia on various drug-related charges. Among those arrested were Joseph (Joey Electric) Servidio and Salvatore (Sam) Piccolo both referred to in the indictment as made men and soldiers in the Philly mafia. According to the indictment the defendants are being … [Read more…]

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Philadelphia mobsters had their 2013 racketeering conviction appeals denied

May 19, 2016 by Kam Miles 6 Comments

  Philadelphia mafia members convicted in the 2013 racketeering case that targeted mob boss Joseph Ligambi and other family leaders had their appeals denied and convictions affirmed. Ligambi along with his nephew and fellow mobster George Borgesi and Philly mafia capo Joseph Licata were tried twice but eventually beat the case. But Philly mob trio which included … [Read more…]

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Philadelphia mafia soldier Louis Fazzini back on the streets

May 4, 2015 by Kam Miles 1 Comment

  Louis “Big Lou” Fazzini a soldier in the Philadelphia mafia is back on the streets after finishing a three year prison stretch on racketeering charges related to illegal bookmaking and loansharking. He was part of the case in 2012 that included then acting boss Joseph Ligambi and other high ranking members of the Philly … [Read more…]

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Ligambi introduced as acting boss of Philly mob at mafia lunch meeting key evidence

November 22, 2013 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  In 2010 high ranking members of the Philadelphia mafia family and the Gambino crime family from New York sat down for lunch at La Griglia a nice upscale restaurant in New Jersey. A social gathering between mob families labeled by prosecutors as a mafia “board of director’s” meeting. But no one realized they were … [Read more…]

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Feds ready to try again to nail Philly mobsters Ligambi and Borgesi

September 16, 2013 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  The feds hope that a different jury in the same case against Philadelphia mobsters will lead to a different result. The retrial of reputed Philadelphia mafia boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi and his nephew and fellow mobster George Borgesi is set to begin on October 15 and is expected to last anywhere from six … [Read more…]

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Philly Mafia Underboss Massimino Sentenced to 16 Years

July 11, 2013 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  Joseph “Mousie” Massimino the reputed underboss of the Philadelphia mafia has been sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno said he doubted that Massimino could change his ways and had committed himself to a life of crime. Prosecutors were pushing for a 20 year sentence and and didn’t recieve … [Read more…]

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Philly mobsters Ligambi and Borgesi face retrial

February 13, 2013 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  The latest Philadelphia mafia trial ended with a mixed bag of results for the government with four defendants being convicted one acquitted and two more with deadlocked verdicts. The jury deadlocked on charges of racketeering conspiracy against alleged Philadelphia mafia boss Joseph Ligambi and mobster George Borgesi. As expected the government is coming back … [Read more…]

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Philly Mafia Trial Update: Jury Reaches Partial Verdict

February 5, 2013 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  After twenty-one days of deliberations, the jury in the Philadelphia mafia trial against reputed Philly mob boss Joseph Ligambi and co-defendants reaches a partial verdict today. The jury convicted three of the six defendants which included alleged underboss Joseph “Mousie” Massimino, soldier Damion “Dame” Canalichio, and associate Gary Battaglini on trial with Ligambi on … [Read more…]

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Philly Mafia Trial Update: Closing Arguments Begin

January 4, 2013 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  Assistant U.S. Attorney John Han urged jurors in the ongoing Philadelphia mafia trial against mob boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi and six co-defendants to find them guilty based on the secretly recorded conversation. Han said “There words define them” and to “consider the words that came out of there mouths” during his closing argument … [Read more…]

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Philly Mafia Trial Update: Defense Team Strikes Back At Mob Rats

December 19, 2012 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  The defense team in the ongoing Philadelphia Mafia trial against alleged boss Joseph Ligambi and co-defendants continued as the defense launched its case. But before the defense was allowed to begin the presiding judge questioned each of the jurors and alternates about the recent shooting of Gino DePietro. Reputed Philly mob soldier Anthony Nicodemo … [Read more…]

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Philly Mafia Trial Update: Hitman takes the stand

November 19, 2012 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  It has been better than a dozen years since former Philly mob hit man Pete “The Crumb” Caprio became a turncoat against his fellow wiseguys. At one time a feared captain in the Philadelphia mafia Caprio has now been used multiple times by prosecutors to tell jurors of his criminal exploits and that of … [Read more…]

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