Alite had contract to kill Merlino??

[Rocco]

Ok now he claims he was approached to Kill Merlino but he turned it down? LOL Is it me or is Alite headed towards mass BS spewing like the Iceman.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/ ... =og.shares

[TommyGambino]

[Cheech]

soon as he said he told Joe gallo to take a walk it was over in my mind

[TommyGambino]

Agree with Cheech, Gallo would have spat in his face

[Wiseguy]

Ok now he claims he was approached to Kill Merlino but he turned it down? LOL Is it me or is Alite headed towards mass BS spewing like the Iceman.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/ ... =og.shares

What do you mean "now?" He talked about it in his book. After Alite started operating in South Jersey, Louie Turra tried to hire him to kill Merlino but he turned him down.

[Pogo The Clown]

After Alite started operating in South Jersey, Louie Turra tried to hire him to kill Merlino but he turned him down.

Not out of the relm of possibility since Louie Turra was trying to kill Merlino. The family whacked his uncle Anthony Turra in retaliation in 1998.


Pogo

[Pogo The Clown]

Actually now that I think about it Anthony Turra was Louie's father. Rocco Turra was his uncle and ended up flipping.


Pogo

[Teflon john]

Alite is full of shit. He's trying to make himself sound like he was a heavy hitter instead of a guy on the fringes hanging on for easy scores,plus he's trying to sell books.

[phatmatress]

He may have been offered like pogo said it's very possible Turra did approach him....


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[Eddie mush]

From everything I read merlino is 100% more a gangster than alive . They both did wat they did but wen things hit the fan merlino stood up like a man and did his time

[Chucky]

This isn't that far fetched. Alite's presence was felt when he was down in South Jersey back in the day, and the Turras were very serious about clipping Joey after he and John Chang started leaning on them.

[phatmatress]

From everything I read merlino is 100% more a gangster than alive . They both did wat they did but wen things hit the fan merlino stood up like a man and did his time

that's not even part of this conversation


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[Rocco]

Actually now that I think about it Anthony Turra was Louie's father. Rocco Turra was his uncle and ended up flipping.


Pogo

Werent they just drug dealers that Merlino tried to make kick up? Then the kid did or try to kill himself and then the father or uncle got shot and killed by a Merlino hitter? Is that someone right? And if so what connection if any do the Turra's have to the Gambino Family? Alite wasn't made and most likely didn't have the authority to make a decision to kill a made guy in Philly ? Did Alite even know the Turro's?

[Chucky]

Actually now that I think about it Anthony Turra was Louie's father. Rocco Turra was his uncle and ended up flipping.


Pogo

Werent they just drug dealers that Merlino tried to make kick up? Then the kid did or try to kill himself and then the father or uncle got shot and killed by a Merlino hitter? Is that someone right? And if so what connection if any do the Turra's have to the Gambino Family? Alite wasn't made and most likely didn't have the authority to make a decision to kill a made guy in Philly ? Did Alite even know the Turro's?

The Turra's took over the 10th & O gang after the Vento's went away, Louie killed himself in the prison psych unit, and Anthony was clipped on Merlino's orders. I don't think there's any connection between the two, Alite happened to be in SJ at the time Joey tried to shake them down so he was approached.

[Pogo The Clown]

The Turra's had their own crew independent from the Philly family. Apparently there had been bad blood between Louie Turra and Joey Merlino going back to the 80s I think. I believe Louie Turra was even beaten up by Merlino's crew in the 90s. Like Chucky said the family was also leaning on the Turra Crew. In the mid 90s Turra was trying to kill Merlino. One of the plots involved bombing Merlino's house. After the Turra Crew was busted the plots against Merlino were revealed. Rocco Turra flipped and Louie hung himself in his cell. While awaiting trial in 1998 Anthony Turra was whacked (shot dead by Mikey "Penknife" Virgilio). According to Ralph Natale they ordered his murder after they learned about the Turra's plot to kill Merlino.


Pogo