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Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by chin_gigante » Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:04 pm

Johnny Chang might be the only ceremony that happened while Natale was on the street as boss

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by Pogo The Clown » Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:11 pm

No he was made in 1996 by Ralph Natale.


Pogo

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by Mikeymike12 » Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:57 pm

chin_gigante wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:56 am
Mikeymike12 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:28 pm Was any of joeys inner circle guys made before him?
Ralph Natale testified that Martin Angelina, George Borgesi, Michael Lancellotti and Steven Mazzone were present as inducted members at his initiation ceremony in late 1994. Merlino got out of prison November 1994 and in November 1995 Kitty Caparella reported that Angelina, Borgesi, Lancellotti and Mazzone had been inducted "within the past year." So it appears they got made in that small gap between Merlino getting out of prison and Natale being made.
Was Johnny Chang Made before them?

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by Mikeymike12 » Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:56 pm

Was Johnny Chang made before all them ?

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by chin_gigante » Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:56 am

Mikeymike12 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:28 pm Was any of joeys inner circle guys made before him?
Ralph Natale testified that Martin Angelina, George Borgesi, Michael Lancellotti and Steven Mazzone were present as inducted members at his initiation ceremony in late 1994. Merlino got out of prison November 1994 and in November 1995 Kitty Caparella reported that Angelina, Borgesi, Lancellotti and Mazzone had been inducted "within the past year." So it appears they got made in that small gap between Merlino getting out of prison and Natale being made.

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by Mikeymike12 » Sat Oct 31, 2020 8:28 pm

Was any of joeys inner circle guys made before him?

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by chubby » Wed Oct 28, 2020 5:12 pm

TommyGambino wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:37 pm
chubby wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:34 pm Joeys had it in his head that he was gonna be boss since he was like a teenager.. he’s gonna be like the persicos and never step down even if he’s serving life..
Wasn't he a jockey in his teens? Dreaming of being a mafia boss...
Haha ya he was but that was probably around the time he was doing collections for his dad or whatever and he was pinching envelopes...
I’m sure Merlino s dream since a kid was to be in the mob.. it’s what he was raised around.. uncle, dad....

That’s. Like saying narducci dreams of being Gordon Ramsey cause he’s got a restaurant...

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by TommyGambino » Wed Oct 28, 2020 12:37 pm

chubby wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:34 pm Joeys had it in his head that he was gonna be boss since he was like a teenager.. he’s gonna be like the persicos and never step down even if he’s serving life..
Wasn't he a jockey in his teens? Dreaming of being a mafia boss...

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by Momo » Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:39 am

Thank you all for your answers, I really appreciate it.

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by chin_gigante » Mon Oct 26, 2020 2:10 pm

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:14 pm I knew that dummy but that was the crux of your argument.

dack2001 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:01 pm but he never went through a ceremony....

So we have John Gotti saying Philly made him, we have John Stanfa, Ralph Natale and Joey Merlino recognizing him as a made member which is a view endorsed by LE and GA but he was not really a made member because you don't think he went through the proper ceremony. :roll:


Pogo
Also significant is that when word got out in the mid-late 90s that the Scarfos were trying to take over, the three individuals who were identified as being on their hit list (and, as such, received warnings from the FBI) were Natale, Merlino and Previte

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by Pogo The Clown » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:14 pm

I knew that dummy but that was the crux of your argument.

dack2001 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:01 pm but he never went through a ceremony....

So we have John Gotti saying Philly made him, we have John Stanfa, Ralph Natale and Joey Merlino recognizing him as a made member which is a view endorsed by LE and GA but he was not really a made member because you don't think he went through the proper ceremony. :roll:


Pogo

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by dack2001 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:44 pm

Mine was a reference to the Sopranos, you strunz. Go back and read the thread from a year or two ago. i'm not getting into it with you again.

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by Pogo The Clown » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:36 pm

Lots of guys are made without the finger pricking, gun, knife or a real ceremony. For decades that is how most of the Bonanno, Chicago and DeCavalcante guys were made. It doesn't mean anything. If the boss of the family tells you are a made member than you are a made member. Gotti told his family that Philadelphia made a cop. What do you think he was refering to?


Pogo

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by dack2001 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:31 pm

Let's have the same argument again shall we? Anyone can go back a read the thread. I stand by what I wrote. I also don't doubt DiLeonardo heard what he heard but there was a lot of politics in play there when Natale and Merlino were taking over....

No gun or knife, no finger prick, no ceremony, it either means something or it doesn't...

Re: Who made Joey merlino?

by Pogo The Clown » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:14 pm

He was made. DiLeonardo said Philly made a cop in the early 1990s (an obvious reference to Precite) and both the Feds and GA have arrived him as a made member since the 1990s. It has also been discovered that Stanfa was considering Previte for a leadership role should he (Stanfa) be indicted.


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