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Why Did The D.A. Wait Eight Months To Arrest Father Brennan?
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netThere's an unexplained mystery in the arrest of Father Robert L. Brennan.The alleged victim in the case came forward in January 2013 to charge that between 1998 and...
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Owners Brawl Over Inky
NancyBy Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netThe new owners of The Philadelphia Inquirer may put out a boring newspaper, but they sure know how to stage an entertaining brawl.Maybe it's time to outfit the new...
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Inky Owners Square Off Over Bringing Back Brian Tierney
He's back!By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netThings are going so bad at The Philadelphia Inquirer that one side in the current ownership dispute wants to bring back Brian Tierney as publisher.The other...
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Inky Fires Brian Tierney
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netWhat a difference a day makes. On Monday, this blog reported The Philadelphia Inquirer was paying former publisher Brian Tierney $25,000 a month to run a national...
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At The Inky, The Sideshow Continues
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netIt was just another day at the Inky.The associate publisher jumped out the window.A lawyer for one group of rival owners, at the cost of at least $400 an hour, was...
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Joe Vito Mastronardo, Gentleman Gambler, Heads To Court
Joe VitoBy George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netThe numbers are staggering.More than $1.3 million in cash seized at his home in the Meadowbrook section of Huntingdon Valley, including $1.1 million stashed...
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Tierney's Sales Work "Considerably Below Expectations"
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netBrian Tierney's performance as a sales consultant was "considerably below expectations," according to a confidential management analysis that preceded his firing.In...
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The Borgesis Rant On The Eve Of Trial Rerun
GeorgieBy George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netIt could be a packed house for what basically amounts to a rerun.Friends and family members of mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi and his nephew, mobster...
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Pete The Crumb Talks Murder And Mob History
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netHe was described by the defense as an 84-year-old Mafia hitman with a faulty memory, a mobster who had murdered so often "he couldn't remember how many people he had...
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The Saga Of Nicky Skins Continues
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netPete the Crumb Caprio was a no-show this morning at the retrial of mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi and his nephew George Borgesi.Nicky SkinsThe 84-year-old...
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The Reporter Who Hired Her Own Editor
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netOn April 1, 2012, ace reporter Nancy Phillips was writing about what it would take to bring Bill Marimow back as editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer."His proposed...
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A Pledge And A Couple Of Pulitzers
KatzBy Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netThe way Lewis Katz explained it on the witness stand, the men who wanted to buy the Inquirer had a credibility problem.At the time, the proposed new ownership group...
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Judge Reinstates Inky Publisher, But Not Inky Editor
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netGeorge Norcross (center)Judge Patricia McInerney today denied a motion for a mandatory injunction that would have fired Philadelphia Inquirer Publisher Bob Hall. She...
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Inky Ownership Fight Tarnishing Brand
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netFor The Philadelphia Inquirer, it's all coming apart in Courtroom 630.The combatants don't seem to have any self-awareness about how they're hurting themselves or...
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Nap Time At The Mob Trial
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netAt the mob trial on a slow Friday afternoon, only a dozen spectators showed up to watch a dull rerun.Most were students who stopped by briefly and left.The afternoon's...
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A Mob Toast For "All The Good Guys"
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netThey ate and drank and laughed and joked.They offered a toast to "all the good guys!"And, the prosecution contends, they discussed mob business.The jury in the...
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Inky Owners Unable To Strike A Deal
NorcrossBy Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netAfter more than three hours of fruitless back room negotiations, a clearly frustrated Judge Patricia McInerney emerged from her chambers this afternoon to tell...
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Mob Jury Gets A History Lesson
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netIt was Mob History 101, a primer on the wantonly violent and consistently treacherous Philadelphia branch of Cosa Nostra.Jurors in the racketeering conspiracy trial...
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Bent Finger Lou Back On The Stand
By George AnastasiaFor Bigtrial.netBent Finger LouNow it's personal.When Louis "Bent Finger Lou" Monacello took the witness stand this afternoon in the racketeering conspiracy retrial of mob boss...
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Judge Reinstates Inquirer Editor
By Ralph Ciprianofor Bigtrial.netPhiladelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Patricia McInerney today granted an injunction to immediately reinstate Bill Marimow as editor of the Inquirer.Shortly before 5...
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