Speculation on Merlino's involvement in DiPietro hit

[B.]

It could definitely be said that the people under Merlino have done a good job with the limited opportunities they have these days and unlike other small families (and even NY to an extent), they still have a significant number of members who are experienced and willing to get violent or even kill to maintain control.

Beyond that, Merlino had the reputation of a punk when he was coming up and when he was running things on the streets he wouldn't honor bets, as someone said, and was also known to be flashy and disrespectful to anyone outside of his immediate circle. The facts speak for themselves, though, and he has a loyal following from a number of members who could easily try and take the family from if him if they wanted. His story is really unlike any other.

[Ivan]

It could definitely be said that the people under Merlino have done a good job with the limited opportunities they have these days and unlike other small families (and even NY to an extent), they still have a significant number of members who are experienced and willing to get violent or even kill to maintain control.

Beyond that, Merlino had the reputation of a punk when he was coming up and when he was running things on the streets he wouldn't honor bets, as someone said, and was also known to be flashy and disrespectful to anyone outside of his immediate circle. The facts speak for themselves, though, and he has a loyal following from a number of members who could easily try and take the family from if him if they wanted. His story is really unlike any other.

hear hear

[B.]

And of course the younger guys from the Scarfo era might have an issue with him... imagine you're a waiter or chef at a restaurant and the manager's kid is a bus boy who does whatever he wants, then you go away and come back to find out that kid now owns the place and gave his friend your old job.

[phatmatress]

It could definitely be said that the people under Merlino have done a good job with the limited opportunities they have these days and unlike other small families (and even NY to an extent), they still have a significant number of members who are experienced and willing to get violent or even kill to maintain control.

Beyond that, Merlino had the reputation of a punk when he was coming up and when he was running things on the streets he wouldn't honor bets, as someone said, and was also known to be flashy and disrespectful to anyone outside of his immediate circle. The facts speak for themselves, though, and he has a loyal following from a number of members who could easily try and take the family from if him if they wanted. His story is really unlike any other.

yeah he def pulls some weight in south philly. How ever we as outsiders will never truly know how he treats his men and what kind of leader he truly is. He must be doin( something right!!!!!


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[Pogo The Clown]

I'm sure a lot of that loyalty is due to him bring those guy's along with him as he rose to the top. Mazzone, Borgesi, Angelina, Lancelotti, and the others have risen as high as they did and as fast as they did due to Merlino.


Pogo

[brianwellbrock]

Scott needs to start proof reading his stuff. He's wrong about Decavs Stango prior murder conviction. The victim he posted was actually killed by Genovese Associate Ray Tango who is doing life in NJ state prison since the 80s. He got that completely wrong. Now Scott is saying that DiPietro was killed because he had info on the Gongs hit. Well Guess what DiPietro apparently had been cooperating for sometime this wasn't a recent thing. And if he had info well he had already passed it on to LE a long time ago. Which apparently was not enough to charge Nicodemo in the Gongs hit. Mostly because DiPietro wasn't there. So it's just more heresay from informants which LE already has plenty of. So more than likely the whole article is complete horseshit. More than likely he was killed for cooperating on drug trafficking cases which everyone assumed from the getgo. And if you are a capo or higher in LCN..guess what? Yes LE and the feds are actively trying to build cases against you everyday. That's just the way it is.

Your right about that. He has a tendency to throw in things to his articles that are not factually based maybe when he is having trouble explaining something for instance his article about paul carparelli from the outfit he said they were flying around the country collecting tribute payments from various people. Well only a brief look over the facts of the case shows it had nothing to do with tribute payments. They were collecting by force money owed a business for work. I don't know if he just read extortion so he decided it was tribute payments without reading further but it is sloppy work. Also almost every article has something factually inaccurate that could be checked with a basic Google search such as who was the boss, what area they covered, who was killed when, etc etc. his book with leonetti was never proofread on one page it said solider instead of soldier 15 times, how could you proofread and miss that many errors on a single page? It's really a shame the stuff has potential

he relies a lot on speculation


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Scott is a pompus asshole. He needs to be called for what he is, and that is a bullshit artist. Anytime he gets fact checked he comes on here calling us all out and bragging about all his books and videos he has done. The only thing with his reporting that it can't be double checked. And since you have the amount of Detroit fan boys on here who want nothing more than what he says to be true you will always have people backing him up when it fits their agenda.

Also, didn't he get caught using info that had been posted by another poster on BB? The guy posted a transcript for sentencing for some of the Philly guys that only this particular poster could of had due to him having special access to a website from his job. And Scott posted direct quotes from that link on one of his articles. When he got called out he did the usual animal backed into a corner growl. He'll always have a job though as long as their are casual mob readers who like a juicy story and fan boys who want his shit to be true. But he is what he is.

[joeycigars]

I'm sure a lot of that loyalty is due to him bring those guy's along with him as he rose to the top. Mazzone, Borgesi, Angelina, Lancelotti, and the others have risen as high as they did and as fast as they did due to Merlino.


Pogo

Not only that ....
After all the big indictments and RICOs ,Wars and Rats, Faction fall outs.... Merlino and his crew are at 90% strength , That Speaks for itself, Very few crews in the States could pull this off at this time with the level of surveillance and technology now.

[camerono]

@joeycigars...nicely put pal.I 100% agree.

[Five Felonies]

Scott is a pompus asshole. He needs to be called for what he is, and that is a bullshit artist. Anytime he gets fact checked he comes on here calling us all out and bragging about all his books and videos he has done.

i don't really agree with any of this. i think the guy has gotten alot of shit over stuff that never really seemed to warrant the types of criticisms and personal attacks that he's received. i enjoyed his recent philly articles, sure they contained lots of speculation but he also never really stated anything as facts either. really the only difference is that he puts his own opinions into articles as opposed to posting them here like we do. oh yeah, and i'm not bombarded with spam, malware, potential viruses or god knows else what when i go to his site despite the fact that it's free, just sayen!

[phatmatress]

Scott is a pompus asshole. He needs to be called for what he is, and that is a bullshit artist. Anytime he gets fact checked he comes on here calling us all out and bragging about all his books and videos he has done.

i don't really agree with any of this. i think the guy has gotten alot of shit over stuff that never really seemed to warrant the types of criticisms and personal attacks that he's received. i enjoyed his recent philly articles, sure they contained lots of speculation but he also never really stated anything as facts either. really the only difference is that he puts his own opinions into articles as opposed to posting them here like we do. oh yeah, and i'm not bombarded with spam, malware, potential viruses or god knows else what when i go to his site despite the fact that it's free, just sayen!

ed scarpos site is nothing but spam and malware


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[willychichi]

WHY GINO DIPIETRO WAS KILLED, SOURCES IN S. PHILLY PROVIDE REASON FOR 2012 MOB RUBOUT

Imprisoned Philadelphia mobster Anthony Nicodemo had a personal beef with Gino DiPietro, the convicted drug dealer and possible one-time police informant he pled guilty to helping murder in an ill-conceived gangland slaying from four years ago that dated back to a debt, an insult and a dustup at a card game, according to exclusive GR sources. DiPietro was gunned down getting into his truck in South Philly on the afternoon of December 12, 2012.

Read more: http://gangsterreport.com/gr-exclusive- ... ob-rubout/

[Pogo The Clown]

Who are these "sources" telling Scott Merlinos exact words sanctioning a murder in a meeting between Merlino and Nicodemo?


Pogo

[Snakes]

It's in all of his articles. That's really my main problem with them. The quotes sound so phony, almost like movie dialogue. With that said, I don't think he just makes up his intelligence. There may be some embellishment but I dont believe they are complete fabrications.

[SonnyBlackstein]

Snakes has a good point.

The direct quoting is frustrating as it's obviously bullshit or 3rd party hearsay at best which degrades what otherwise COULD be good journalism, but you don't get the feel it's a deliberate fabrication either.

It's disappointing as his work is let down by silly, obvious fiction at worst or severely misguided journalistic hyperbole at best.

Either case he doesn't do himself any favours. Nor his credibility.

As an aside I'm still on the fence with the whole story. IE whether it was sanctioned, Merlino's acquiescence etc.
For two very obvious and generally ignored reasons.
1. When was the last Philly hit? 10 years ago? Gongs? And recently released Merlino is going to sanction a hit whilst the whole friggin administration is on trial with 'non-violence' as its core defense BECAUSE..... the guy hurled a few insults?
That is one hell of a stretch if you ask me.
2. As Nics apparently sought permission, this was a premeditated aka planned hit.
The guy, a reputable hitman, badged member of LCN, on a planned hit..... USES HIS OWN CAR!
Really?
So if you buy the whole 'Merlino sanctioned' line, this is what you have to believe.
That.
Nics planned a hit using his own car with the fucking whole Philly admin on trial using non violence as their defense, all over some name calling. And Merlino gave the go ahead.
Personally I think it's most likely all bullshit.

[Chucky]

Sonny, Maniscalco was popped a couple years before.

As for the story, looking at how this went down it seems like Nicodemo (and Grande) were acting on their own, DiPietro was giving the feds info on the Gongs hit (apparently), the DiPietro's were tight with them. Nicodemo probably clipped this DiPietro to save his own ass and it backfired on him.