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Joey Merlino Arrested In Major Mob Bust
By George AnastasiaMob Boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino was arrested at his home in Florida this morning as the feds dropped the hammer in a multi-state, multi-defendant organized crime case.Merlino,...
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The Roundup
A weekly tab of whatâs going on in the courts.By Logan BeckFor BigTrial.netU.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania:They say you shouldnât put your cell phone number on social media, and that...
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Feds Say Tapes Show Merlino Is Philly's Mob Boss
By George AnastasiaIt looks like a tale of the tapes in the feds' latest battle with mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino.Federal authorities, in arguing Merlino should not be released on bail, have...
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The Roundup
A weekly tab of whatâs going on in the courts.By Logan BeckFor BigTrial.netU.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey:A New Jersey woman pleaded guilty on Aug. 9 to conspiring with her former...
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Big Trial On Big Talker
Ralph Cipriano will appear on Christine Flowers' Radio Show at 9 p.m. Sunday night on WPHT, The Big Talker, 1210 AM.The subject of the conversation will be the upcoming retrial of the Msgr. Lynn...
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The [Real] Corruption Of Seth Williams
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netFor the past five years, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has been given two complimentary all-access sideline passes to Philadelphia Eagles games.This is...
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"Boston Bob," Former Merlino Mob Associate, Now A Holy Roller
By George AnastasiaThey called him "Boston Bob."In the late 1990s, he was the Philadelphia mob's point man in Beantown, generating tens of thousands of dollars through bookmaking, loansharking,...
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Inky Bloodhounds Need A Seeing Eye Dog
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe bloodhounds at our city's intrepid paper of record are hot on the trail of D.A. Seth Williams.But what those bloodhounds really need is a seeing eye dog to lead the...
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Galati Gives Up, Pleads No Contest To Murder-For-Hire
By George AnastasiaFor BigTrial.netRon Galati decided this afternoon to fold his cards rather than fight murder-for-hire and insurance fraud charges in Commons Pleas Court Already serving a 22-year...
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How A "Reckless,""Irresponsible" Two-Paragraph Letter Written By Philly D.A....
Hey Seth, where's the beef?By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netOn Dec. 3, 2012, District Attorney R. Seth Williams wrote a two-paragraph letter to then Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey.In the letter,...
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A Wiseguy's Guide To Saving Atlantic City
By George AnastasiaPaul D'Amato sat in the living room of his Ventnor home dressed in pajamas, slippers and a bathrobe.It was about 3 o'clock on a spring afternoon in 1978. D'Amato said he had gotten...
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How Mohammed & The Fatboy Got Caught With 225 Pounds Of Marijuana But Beat...
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netOn Jan. 17, 2012, the Philadelphia Police Department's Narcotics Field Unit South tailed a suspected drug dealer to a garage, where they confiscated 53 pounds of...
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D.A.'s Office Explains Why They Let Mohammed & Fatboy Go Free
The D.A. Who Legalized Drug DealingBy Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe District Attorney's Office, which has stonewalled this blog for four years, is suddenly talking about their decision to free a...
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Feds Seek Life Sentence For Pill Mill Doc
By George AnastasiaFor BigTrial.netCalling him a "kingpin" who was motivated by "unbridled and amoral greed," federal prosecutors have asked for a life sentence for pill mill doctor William O'Brien who...
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The Mob Goes Green
By George AnastasiaNot for nothing was Tony Soprano a "solid waste management consultant."The mob, especially the mob in New Jersey, has always had a hand in the trash disposal/landfill business. But a...
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Pill Mill Doc Gets 30 Years
By George AnastasiaFor BigTrial.netA federal judge sentenced pill mill doctor William J. O'Brien 3d to 30 years in prison today for running a multi-million dollar drug trafficking operation with the...
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Father James J. Brennan Sex Abuse Case Ends With A Whimper
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe district attorney's office has struck a deal with Father James J. Brennan, who was accused of the attempted rape 20 years ago of a teenage boy.On Monday, Father...
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Alycia Lane Settles Case With CBS, Larry Mendte
By Ralph CiprianoThe long-running legal battle is over between feuding former co-anchors Alycia Lane and Larry Mendte.Back in 2008, Lane sued CBS, her former employer, and Michael Colleran, a former...
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Have The Feds Dropped The Ball In The Merlino Case?
By George AnastasiaFor BigTrial.netThey don't always play by the rules . . . even when they're dealing with members of their own team.Federal authorities in New York may have cut Skinny Joey Merlino a...
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Rolling Stone's All Too Perfect Stories About "Jackie" And "Billy"
Sabrina Rubin Erdely, her editor, and her lawyersBy Ralph CiprianoFor BigTrial.netIn his closing statement to the jury, Tom Clare, a lawyer for the plaintiff in the Rolling Stone libel case, talked...
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