"Organized Retail Crime"

[Wiseguy]

I'd love to see these flash mobs machine gunned down as they leave the store.

+ 1,000

[Ivan]

I'd love to see these flash mobs machine gunned down as they leave the store.

+ 1,000

Believe me fellas I feel the same way but you can't even obstruct these people from stealing without getting into legal trouble.

[Wiseguy]

I'd love to see these flash mobs machine gunned down as they leave the store.

+ 1,000

Believe me fellas I feel the same way but you can't even obstruct these people from stealing without getting into legal trouble.

That's understood. Not police or security guards. Just some good citizen, on a nearby rooftop, with an M60 and a few thousand rounds.

[UTC]

Amen

[West Coast1]

The Luchesse and Gambino NJ crews had a big theft ring in Home Depot type stores about 10 years ago or so

Yes they were switching bar codes of tools at the Lowe’s in Paterson, was an Andy Merola crew scheme.

-Dante

Found it, thanks for the lead. Looks like he made over a hundred grand.

https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nj ... g%20PR.pdf

I have no real info on this, my friend told me that the Merola guy was busted and did time for drugs and never opened his mouth and after that he was portrayed as a mob guy by cops to make more busts
has anyone else heard of this?

[West Coast1]

The Luchesse and Gambino NJ crews had a big theft ring in Home Depot type stores about 10 years ago or so

Yes they were switching bar codes of tools at the Lowe’s in Paterson, was an Andy Merola crew scheme.

-Dante

I tried to research Merola
I can't find much, I heard he went away for drugs way before he was a mafia guy
also I read he was with scarfo jr, makes no sense
sarfo was managing his book when he was away? then they had a money beef?
Merola was gambino? with scarfo jr who was hit by philly, but hidden by nj philly who was then protecred by nj lukes
sounds like a soap opera