Current Philadelphia Members

[dack2001]

I wouldn't think for a hot minute he's referring to shelved guys like Joey Stanfa. I'd bet he's referring to the guys downtown who are out and about and the Jersey crew. I would also bet there are more guys who are around and made in the past five years. There was a lot of action going on when Joey got off supervised release.

[Cheech]

I wouldn't think for a hot minute he's referring to shelved guys like Joey Stanfa. I'd bet he's referring to the guys downtown who are out and about and the Jersey crew. I would also bet there are more guys who are around and made in the past five years. There was a lot of action going on when Joey got off supervised release.

agreed

[Mason_dixon]

Where will Mousie fall in when he gets out? What’s his bio there isn’t much about him out there but it seems like must of been a pretty important guy?

[chin_gigante]

Where will Mousie fall in when he gets out? What’s his bio there isn’t much about him out there but it seems like must of been a pretty important guy?

Here's what I have in my notes on Massimino:

- Born 23 April 1950
- Nephew of murdered mob soldier Felix Bocchino
- Arrest record dates back to 1968
- Convicted in 1982 of hindering the arrest of Pagans figure Glenn Turner by hiding Turner after he shot and wounded a police officer
- Convicted in 1987 on drug charges and sentenced to two years
- Other convictions included battery and receiving stolen property
- Indicted October 1991 by New Jersey authorities on racketeering and drug charges
- Bail posted by William Pulcinello, a relative of another associate
- Inducted into the family by John Stanfa in 1992
- Known to have met with Joseph Merlino and Ronald Turchi in October 1992
- Had taken over a numbers operation controlled by Charles Iannece and then passed it on to Turchi and Gaeton Lucibello
- Pleaded guilty to the New Jersey case January 1993
- Admitted to accepting 11 pounds of meth from Nicholas D’Amato, a childhood friend and police informant, to settle $70,000 in gambling and loan sharking debts
- Transaction took place in the parking lot of Casa Nonna Seafood Italiano in Washington Township
- Had partnered with Anthony Viesti in Casa Nonna between 1991 and 1993, with Viesti’s wife and Massimino’s girlfriend fronting as the owners
- Sentenced to 10 years in the New Jersey case February 1993
- Visited in prison multiple times by associate Anthony Zanghi
- In January 1994 visited also by underboss Joseph Ciancaglini Jr
- Released July 1998
- Linked by Roger Vella to the October 1999 murder of Ronald Turchi
- Arrested by New Jersey authorities December 1999 as the ‘ringleader’ of a Philadelphia/ South Jersey sports betting and loan sharking operation that took in approximately $30 million in bets annually
- The operation lasted roughly from 1997 to 1999
- Edward Parisi was also described as a leader of this operation
- Indicted February 2001 on racketeering and loan sharking charges by a New Jersey grand jury
- Parisi was also indicted as well as Frank DiGirolamo, Michael Nardone, Anthony Bova, George Colucci and Richard Peterson
- Posted bail and was released
- Usually accompanied Joseph Ligambi to observe the Merlino et al. RICO trial in 2001
- Ran his operations out of Lou’s Crab Bar on West Moyamensing Avenue
- Secretly owned Lou’s Crab Bar and frequently used it as a meeting place
- Along with Ligambi and Anthony Staino, muscled in on a video poker machine business M&P Vending, owned by the sons of late mob associates Anthony Milicia and Louis Procaccini
- Muscled in on M&P to recoup losses after the FBI seized dozens of LCN-operated machines in April 2001
- Along with Ligambi met with Joseph Procaccini and Paul Drzal at Lou’s Crab Bar
- Procaccini and Drzal offered to pay a share of their profits in return for being left alone but were instead instructed to come up with a list of the stops they operated
- Staino then accompanied Procaccini and Drzal to 34 machines at 20 stops and changed their locks
- Forced Procaccini to sign an agreement selling the machines at an undervaluation of approximately $63,000
- Along with Ligambi and Staino also had an interest in a poker machine operation owned by Curt Arbitman
- Set up JMA Industries with Ligambi and Staino to coordinate the video poker machine business
- Summoned Michael Orlando to a meeting to discuss an outstanding debt of $5,000 to Damion Canalichio
- Identified as a member of Ligambi’s inner circle December 2001
- Identified as the acting underboss April 2002 and added to the Atlantic City casino exclusion list
- Along with Ligambi and Staino, met John Alite at the Haddon Township office of lawyer Mike Pinsky
- Alite was asked several questions about John Casasanto, including about his (Casasanto’s) behaviour in prison
- Recorded talking on the phone in 2003 with a friend whose grandson wanted to ‘meet the underboss’
- Pleaded guilty in the New Jersey case March 2004 and allowed to remain free to await sentencing
- Sentenced to 10 years in prison June 2004 and required to serve at least five years before being eligible for parole
- Sent to Northern State Prison in Newark but continued to be involved in loan sharking and video poker operations
- Had extorted Christmas payments of $7,500 from bookmaker Jack Buscemi in 2002 and 2003
- Before his incarceration instructed Buscemi to continue to make payments to Gaeton Lucibello
- Lucibello collected payments from Buscemi in 2004, 2005 and 2006
- Talked to Robert Verrecchia over the phone in prison to discuss illegal gambling operations at Lou’s Crab Bar
- Sent a letter from prison to Archie Rosenberg in 2005 to instruct Michael Curro to threaten his (Curro’s) step-father Jerome Iamurri over an outstanding loan sharking debt of $35,000
- Iamurri went to see Ligambi and Staino, who told him not to worry about the letter
- Denied parole February 2009 and ordered to remain in state prison for another 14 months
- Filed a motion May 2009 to have his sentence reduced to time served and be placed on probation
- Identified by Philadelphia police as a soldier September 2009
- Sentence reduced to time served in October 2009 and placed on a year’s probation
- Required to enrol in Gamblers Anonymous and attend counselling
- Attended the December 2009 Christmas party at the Saloon
- Had been involved with Anthony Romano and unknown others from New York who were connected to the Genovese family
- Ligambi disapproved of these associations and told him he (Ligambi) didn’t want to be involved with them at the 2009 Christmas party
- Suspected of financing a drug dealing and loan sharking operation run by associate William Andrews
- Andrews’ driver Robert Cohen was arrested May 2010 after attempting to buy a large quantity of oxycodone and ecstasy from an undercover agent
- Cohen pleaded guilty and was released pending sentencing but was picked up on tape talking with Andrews and admitted to lying to authorities, particularly by not disclosing the identity of the financier
- Authorities believed Massimino provided the $57,925 for Cohen to purchase the drugs
- Attended Anthony Staino’s wedding in 2010
- Indicted on racketeering conspiracy, gambling and gambling conspiracy charges May 2011 and described in the indictment as having served ‘at times’ as the underboss
- Held without bail to await trial, with a detention memo noting he had been arrested 34 times
- Convicted of racketeering conspiracy February 2013
- Sentenced to 188 months in prison, three years of supervised release and fined $5,000 July 2013
- Conviction upheld by appeals court February 2016
- Currently held at FCI Butner Low in North Carolina
- Release date 27 September 2024
- Joseph Massimino Jr also currently incarcerated after pleading guilty to drug charges

[Mason_dixon]

Thank you sir

[Mason_dixon]

Any idea of what he will do upon release ? Mousie that is? Just your opinion as in uf he will be back doing his usual thing.

[dack2001]

My guess is he will get out and buy a car dealership and sell ford pintos to tourists in paradise...

[chin_gigante]

Considering he still has another four years left of his sentence a fair bit could happen in that time so it's hard to predict. Could go the Anthony Staino route (if what Staino says is true) and move on with his life, though Massimino is much more of a career criminal. He'll be 74 when he gets out so he might just retire. He's already spent in total over 20 years of his life in prison. The Philadelphia family is pretty top heavy at the moment already so the question is will there even be a space for him if he wants to get back involved? Depends what the landscape looks like.

[Fughedaboutit]

Considering he still has another four years left of his sentence a fair bit could happen in that time so it's hard to predict. Could go the Anthony Staino route (if what Staino says is true) and move on with his life, though Massimino is much more of a career criminal. He'll be 74 when he gets out so he might just retire. He's already spent in total over 20 years of his life in prison. The Philadelphia family is pretty top heavy at the moment already so the question is will there even be a space for him if he wants to get back involved? Depends what the landscape looks like.

Who knows what his financial situation is like, if he put back money or had money on the street, he was inside a lot. Might not be able to retire.

[CTamg65]

Considering he still has another four years left of his sentence a fair bit could happen in that time so it's hard to predict. Could go the Anthony Staino route (if what Staino says is true) and move on with his life, though Massimino is much more of a career criminal. He'll be 74 when he gets out so he might just retire. He's already spent in total over 20 years of his life in prison. The Philadelphia family is pretty top heavy at the moment already so the question is will there even be a space for him if he wants to get back involved? Depends what the landscape looks like.

Who knows what his financial situation is like, if he put back money or had money on the street, he was inside a lot. Might not be able to retire.

Good point,I also think it depends on his financial situation,he's got a pretty long bid. Which guys was he close with on the streets? Anyone that would help him out when he gets home?Money is everything to these guys,he comes home in his 70s,and all that he's got is whatever is stashed,you can basically forget anything he was owed after all that time.

[dack2001]

I don't know about retiring but he's got people close to him that should be representing his interests in the street.

[NJShore4Life]

He won’t be going to Atlantic City:

https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/exclusion/mas ... joseph.htm

[chin_gigante]

Funnily enough, when he was asked about being put on the exclusion list he said all they were doing was saving him money

[NJShore4Life]

Funnily enough, when he was asked about being put on the exclusion list he said all they were doing was saving him money

LOL That’s great!

[CTamg65]

Who was Mousie close with ? I know his son is doing a big bid also and is heavy into drugs ,using and selling which is gotta kill Mousie ,if his son was gonna end up choosing the street life I'm sure he wishes it was at least with him.