Salvatore Sparacio,longtime Philadelphia mob soldier died few hours ago in the can.He was oldest mafia member in the can.He was part of the Stanfa faction during the war with Joey Merlino. Sparacio was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
RIP.
Salvatore Sparacio
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crazyjoegallo
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Its strange that dont tried to get a compassionate release due the age.Jimmy Napoli wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:03 pm Salvatore Sparacio,longtime Philadelphia mob soldier died few hours ago in the can.He was oldest mafia member in the can.He was part of the Stanfa faction during the war with Joey Merlino. Sparacio was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
RIP.
Now who's the oldest mobster in the can? Bobby Manna maybe?
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Jimmy Napoli
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Probably,Bobby is 1929.crazyjoegallo wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:33 amIts strange that dont tried to get a compassionate release due the age.Jimmy Napoli wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:03 pm Salvatore Sparacio,longtime Philadelphia mob soldier died few hours ago in the can.He was oldest mafia member in the can.He was part of the Stanfa faction during the war with Joey Merlino. Sparacio was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
RIP.
Now who's the oldest mobster in the can? Bobby Manna maybe?
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https://gangsterreport.com/shot-in-the- ... son-at-96/
DARK: PHILLY MAFIA OG “SHOTSIE” SPARACIO PASSED IN PRISON AT 96
Scott Burnstein
July 3, 2019 – Veteran Philadelphia mobster Salvatore (Shotsie) Sparacio died in prison recently, the owner of a dubious distinction. The 96-year old Sparacio passed away late last year as the oldest inmate residing in the Federal Department of Corrections. He was convicted of racketeering in November 1995 at age 72 and lived out of the remainder of his life behind bars.
Sparacio ran a crew out of New Jersey’s Medford Village Resort & Country Club and was known over the course of his gangland tenure as a gentlemen of a Goodfella and a talented bookmaker. Inducted into the Bruno-Scarfo crime family by boss Nicodemo (Little Nicky) Scarfo at an April 1981 ceremony in the basement of a South Philly restaurant (LaCucina), he held his most sway in the organization during the years following Scarfo’s blood-ridden run on top when he emerged as one of the few stabilizing forces throughout a turbulent transition period.
Shortly after he became a “made” member of the mob, Sparacio was blacklisted from all casinos in Atlantic City for his ties to organized crime. His days as a valued bookie in the Philly-NJ crime syndicate traced back to the start of the Angelo Bruno era in the late 1950s.
Sparacio’s career in the mob came to a screeching halt in March 1994 when he was indicted alongside Scarfo’s successor John Stanfa in a sweeping racketeering and murder case. Stanfa, an out-of-touch Sicilian don backed by the Gambino Family in New York who found little respect on the home front, spent virtually his entire reign as Godfather in the early 1990s at war with an upstart bunch of young aspiring mob powers led by the glitzy, brazen Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino, backed by one-time Bruno confidant Ralph Natale who he had met in prison in 1989.
Skinny Joey’s dad has been Scarfo’s underboss, Sparacio supported Stanfa in the conflict that resulted in almost a half-dozen slayings.
With Stanfa out of the picture — he was convicted at trial with Sparacio and other high-ranking mafia administrators —, Skinny Joey declared victory and took control of the crime family. He hasn’t let go since. Merlino, 57, reportedly still heads the mob in Philly today and is in the middle of serving a two-year federal prison sentence for a gambling offense. Natale, 84, turned witness for the government in 1999 and testified against Merlino at a 2001 trial where Merlino was convicted and subsequently sent to the can for 12 years.
Sparacio is the second old timer and Stanfa loyalist to succumb to Father Time in the past year. Stanfa capo Vincent (Al Pajamas) Pagano died in prison back in the winter. Pagano was found guilty at the same 1995 federal trial that took down Stanfa and Sparacio.
DARK: PHILLY MAFIA OG “SHOTSIE” SPARACIO PASSED IN PRISON AT 96
Scott Burnstein
July 3, 2019 – Veteran Philadelphia mobster Salvatore (Shotsie) Sparacio died in prison recently, the owner of a dubious distinction. The 96-year old Sparacio passed away late last year as the oldest inmate residing in the Federal Department of Corrections. He was convicted of racketeering in November 1995 at age 72 and lived out of the remainder of his life behind bars.
Sparacio ran a crew out of New Jersey’s Medford Village Resort & Country Club and was known over the course of his gangland tenure as a gentlemen of a Goodfella and a talented bookmaker. Inducted into the Bruno-Scarfo crime family by boss Nicodemo (Little Nicky) Scarfo at an April 1981 ceremony in the basement of a South Philly restaurant (LaCucina), he held his most sway in the organization during the years following Scarfo’s blood-ridden run on top when he emerged as one of the few stabilizing forces throughout a turbulent transition period.
Shortly after he became a “made” member of the mob, Sparacio was blacklisted from all casinos in Atlantic City for his ties to organized crime. His days as a valued bookie in the Philly-NJ crime syndicate traced back to the start of the Angelo Bruno era in the late 1950s.
Sparacio’s career in the mob came to a screeching halt in March 1994 when he was indicted alongside Scarfo’s successor John Stanfa in a sweeping racketeering and murder case. Stanfa, an out-of-touch Sicilian don backed by the Gambino Family in New York who found little respect on the home front, spent virtually his entire reign as Godfather in the early 1990s at war with an upstart bunch of young aspiring mob powers led by the glitzy, brazen Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino, backed by one-time Bruno confidant Ralph Natale who he had met in prison in 1989.
Skinny Joey’s dad has been Scarfo’s underboss, Sparacio supported Stanfa in the conflict that resulted in almost a half-dozen slayings.
With Stanfa out of the picture — he was convicted at trial with Sparacio and other high-ranking mafia administrators —, Skinny Joey declared victory and took control of the crime family. He hasn’t let go since. Merlino, 57, reportedly still heads the mob in Philly today and is in the middle of serving a two-year federal prison sentence for a gambling offense. Natale, 84, turned witness for the government in 1999 and testified against Merlino at a 2001 trial where Merlino was convicted and subsequently sent to the can for 12 years.
Sparacio is the second old timer and Stanfa loyalist to succumb to Father Time in the past year. Stanfa capo Vincent (Al Pajamas) Pagano died in prison back in the winter. Pagano was found guilty at the same 1995 federal trial that took down Stanfa and Sparacio.
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Re: Salvatore Sparacio
Guy had an interesting story. Country club be a great place to run a bookmaking/ cocaine op. I live on a lake where we have our local country club. Ideas... ha
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All he ever did was book.
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Re: Salvatore Sparacio
Joey Lombardo is 90. I believe he is the oldest imprisoned mobster.
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Haha Pogo...
There’s some interesting stuff on the Medford club. That was mostly Tony Piccolo. Shotsie owned and worked out of Deluxe International Bakery which is still around today.
There’s some interesting stuff on the Medford club. That was mostly Tony Piccolo. Shotsie owned and worked out of Deluxe International Bakery which is still around today.