chin_gigante wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:45 pm
I’ve put together everything I’ve found on the activities on the Scarfo guys who have been released since 2000:
Anthony Pungitore Jr is listed as an active member on the 2009 chart made by Philadelphia PD
Nicholas Milano was reported as inactive during the 2000s, having been put on the shelf upon his release; more recently, mob watchers have spotted him driving a BMW and hanging out at Jesters NYB in South Philadelphia
Ralph Staino died of natural causes October 2015
83-year-old Charles Iannece, father of Merlino-soldier Vincent and associate Charles Jr, has been rumoured to be inactive and retired since his release
In Mafia Prince, Philip Leonetti identifies Salvatore Scafidi and Joseph Pungitore as both living in Florida upon their release from federal custody
Frank Narducci Jr was observed by Philadelphia PD attending the 2009 Christmas party at the Saloon; Narducci returned to federal custody in June 2015 and was released in October 2017
The Licata detention memo says that in 2010 Joseph Pungitore tried to convince the administration to have Joseph Grande killed; Licata intervened on Grande’s behalf and voiced his admiration for him
Joseph Pungitore was identified as a supposed ‘faction leader’ in the Dave Schratwieser investigation for Fox29 a couple of years ago; the report emphasises Pungitore’s success in the real estate business and identifies Phillip Narducci as another supposed ‘faction leader’
Phillip Narducci opened his restaurant, Chick’s (named after Frank ‘Chickie’ Narducci Sr), in South Philadelphia, and has been photographed taking part in bodybuilding and fishing
Mafia Prince mentioned Phillip Narducci as an especially ambitious figure to keep an eye on; Ed Scarpo reported in 2015 that Narducci was the new acting boss; George Anastasia placed Narducci on a three-man panel overseeing the family; Burnstein reported that one of Narducci’s guys was among the five proposed members inducted in 2015, however it is unclear whether this was a reference to rumoured member Joseph Baldino, who is related to Narducci but is actually with John Ciancaglini
Scott Burnstein has identified Joseph Ciancaglini Sr as being promoted to underboss following his release from prison; George Anastasia has identified Ciancaglini as serving as a dual-consigliere along with Joseph Ligambi; Ciancaglini has been recorded by the Mob Talk Sitdown camera crew hanging out with his son John at a lottery stand
Having cleared his supervised release, Francis Iannarella has been spotted by Mob Talk Sitdown associating and attending meetings with high-ranking members including Joseph Merlino and Michael Lancellotti; internet rumours have circulated suggesting that Iannarella is being considered for a promotion to either caporegime or even consigliere
The Pungitore brothers, Ciancaglini, Grande, Iannarella and Frank Narducci have all at times been associated with the ‘Merlino guys’, with Ciancaglini, Grande, Iannece and Staino fathers or uncles of younger members, undermining reports of tension between the generations.