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The Philadelphia Daily News
Monday, June 29, 1992
Dreaming of Being a Don:
Mob wannabes aim at the top
George Borgesi Jr.
The 29-year-old convicted gambler is described as a “braggart” and “not too bright” by law enforcement sources.
Borgesi, who has worked as an ironworker and bartender is married and bought a house on Tree Street near 12th in South Philadelphia last year. He is the nephew of imprisoned mob soldier brothers Joseph Ligambi, 52, and Phil Ligambi, 48.
He has been arrested five times on charges ranging from bookmaking to carrying a weapon without a license and auto theft, and has long helped a gambling operation out of a mob clubhouse at 13th and Porter streets in South Philadelphia.
Borgesi was one of two of the seven who could be reached for comment.
“When’s this going to be in? I want to read it,” he asked when questioned by a reporter about his activities. “You’re going to put in all my arrests?”
He refused further comment, saying “See my lawyer.”
His chances of success:
“He’s got the experience, he’s been brought in and questioned [by police] and kept his mouth shut. He’s a natural,” said one mob watcher.
“He doesn’t have as much juice as the other guys,” said another.
Michael Ciancaglini
Ciancaglini, 28, survived a botched assassination attempt on March 16 outside his home on McKean Street near 12th in South Philadelphia and has emerged as the wannabes’ leader.
He has an explosive temper and is muscular and tough, resembling his father, imprisoned “Chickie” Ciancaglini. His mother is dead. He was married on Christmas Eve 1986 by Common Pleas Court Judge Charles Mirarchi. He and his wife have two children.
Michael’s oldest brother, John “Johnny Chang” Ciancaglini, convicted in 1988 of extorting money from drug dealers, will be released from prison soon. His older brother, Joseph, is believed to have become a “made” member last fall.
His sister, Maria, married Louis Cirillo last fall, but their honeymoon was brief. The bullet-ridden body of the convicted heroin trafficker was found in a Bronx, N.Y., housing project last December.
Michael Ciancaglini has no criminal record, but authorities have linked him to two mob-related hits: Felix “Tom Mix” Bocchino on Jan. 29 and James “Jimmy Brooms” Diaddorio on May 29.
He could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
“Most likely to be a leader,” says one mob watcher.
Vincent Iannece
The 29-year-old bachelor appears to have a knack for being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
He testified after a 1984 arrest that he had washed out the van used to take the body of Salvatore Testa from the Something Sweet candy shop on Passyunk Avenue near Tasker in South Philadelphia, where the young mob upstart was murdered, to where it was dumped in South Jersey. He claimed he didn’t know what had been in the van.
On March 13, several weeks before Diaddorio, a mob associate and former Delaware River Port Authority police chief, was killed, Iannece allegedly had dinner with him at Torano’s restaurant at 11th and Christian streets in South Philadelphia.
Later that night, Diaddorio shot at Torano’s manager Mario Ferrari, the son-in-law of imprisoned mob member Raymond “Long John” Martorano.
Iannece, who lives on Wolf Street near 11th in South Philadelphia with his mother and brother, is a “slow learner,” according to one source. He is the son of jailed mob soldier Charles “Charlie White” Iannece and the brother of Charles “Chas” Iannece, 33, who is working as a roofer and has laid low since he was seen with young Nicodemo Scarfo before the former boss’s son was wounded on Halloween night 1989 in a botched mob hit.
“Chas” Iannece said he has been living “a normal life… I don’t make no money from nothing but work. That’s why I’m living at home.”
“My sons, they don’t want to wind up like their father,” said their mother, Rose.
Vincent Iannece could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
“He wants to be in [the mob],” but his mother would be heartbroken, said a mob watcher.
Joseph S. Merlino
Nicknamed “Skinny Joey” because of his slim build, the 30-year-old was recently released from prison after serving nearly three years of a four-year sentence for a $352,000 armored car robbery in 1987. He is now working at an auto body shop on 12th Street near Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia.
The money is still missing from the heist. Merlino claimed he lost it gambling; a federal judge ordered him to pay it back.
Merlino, who is not married, has addresses on Hartranft Street near 19th and 2nd Street near Market. He is the son of imprisoned former underboss Salvatore “Chuckie” Merlino and nephew of former capo Lawrence “Yogi” Merlino, one of the six local mobsters who have become informants.
Described as “cocky” and “brash” by street sources, Merlino has told friends he has been involved in a murder. He will have to remain on his best behaviour because federal probation officers will be looking over his shoulder for the next five years.
Merlino could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
He’s the most likely to be the next mob-hit victim, said several sources.
Gaetano Scafidi
The 27-year-old is known as “Tommy Torre” and “Horsehead” and allegedly has taken over part of the gambling operation run by his older brother, Salvatore “Torre” Scafidi.
Salvatore Scafidi operated the numbers and sports-betting racket with capo Francis “Faffy” Iannarella and soldier Nicholas “Nick the Whip” Milano before they were jailed on federal racketeering charges.
Gaetano Scafidi, who has been identified in court papers as being an ironworker, lives on 9th Street near McKean. He has no criminal record, but people who know him say he is difficult to get along with.
The Internal Revenue Service filed a lien against him on Feb. 11 for failing to pay $2,338.98 in income taxes for the year ending 1986.
There are unconfirmed reports he was shot at early last month.
Scafidi could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
“He’s got the entre, the name, the family history and most significant of all, he’s available,” said a mob watcher. “But he doesn’t have the mental firepower” to be a leader.
Nicodemo S. Scarfo
Sarcastically dubbed “Least Nicky” by the media, the 27-year-old son of the former mob boss is one outsider among the wannabes and probably will never realize his dream of becoming a “made” member although he has thrown his weight around and invoked his father’s name.
“I don’t think he stands a chance of ever being made,” said a law enforcement source. “If he was, it would have to be someone high in the Gambino family who was friendly with his old man. He’s too high of a risk.”
The bachelor fled to North Jersey after the Halloween 1989 assassination attempt, where he lived briefly with George D. Fresolone, whom he had brought into the mob.
Fresolone was “made” at a 1990 initiation ceremony he secretly recorded for law enforcement authorities.
Young Scarfo is believed to be running an Orlando, Fla., computer software business called America’s Most Wanted with a partner.
He could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
“It would surprise nobody among the mobwatchers to find him in a ditch,” said one mob watcher.
Gary James Tavella
Tavella, 34, and his wife own Something Sweet, the candy shop where Salvatore Testa was killed.
The 34-year-old, who lives on Passyunk Avenue near Tasker Street above the shop, was involved in gambling with Frank “Faffy” Iannarella and is part of the gambling operation at the 9th and McKean clubhouse.
Tavella has been arrested seven times for gambling and once for drugs since 1981, but has no convictions.
When asked about his current activities, he replied, “I got a deli that I work at 9-10 hours a day and that’s all I have to say about it.”
His chances of success:
“Stands a good chance,” said a mob watcher who noted that Tavella’s chances of succeeding weren’t hurt by his providing the site for the Testa murder.
Monday, June 29, 1992
Dreaming of Being a Don:
Mob wannabes aim at the top
George Borgesi Jr.
The 29-year-old convicted gambler is described as a “braggart” and “not too bright” by law enforcement sources.
Borgesi, who has worked as an ironworker and bartender is married and bought a house on Tree Street near 12th in South Philadelphia last year. He is the nephew of imprisoned mob soldier brothers Joseph Ligambi, 52, and Phil Ligambi, 48.
He has been arrested five times on charges ranging from bookmaking to carrying a weapon without a license and auto theft, and has long helped a gambling operation out of a mob clubhouse at 13th and Porter streets in South Philadelphia.
Borgesi was one of two of the seven who could be reached for comment.
“When’s this going to be in? I want to read it,” he asked when questioned by a reporter about his activities. “You’re going to put in all my arrests?”
He refused further comment, saying “See my lawyer.”
His chances of success:
“He’s got the experience, he’s been brought in and questioned [by police] and kept his mouth shut. He’s a natural,” said one mob watcher.
“He doesn’t have as much juice as the other guys,” said another.
Michael Ciancaglini
Ciancaglini, 28, survived a botched assassination attempt on March 16 outside his home on McKean Street near 12th in South Philadelphia and has emerged as the wannabes’ leader.
He has an explosive temper and is muscular and tough, resembling his father, imprisoned “Chickie” Ciancaglini. His mother is dead. He was married on Christmas Eve 1986 by Common Pleas Court Judge Charles Mirarchi. He and his wife have two children.
Michael’s oldest brother, John “Johnny Chang” Ciancaglini, convicted in 1988 of extorting money from drug dealers, will be released from prison soon. His older brother, Joseph, is believed to have become a “made” member last fall.
His sister, Maria, married Louis Cirillo last fall, but their honeymoon was brief. The bullet-ridden body of the convicted heroin trafficker was found in a Bronx, N.Y., housing project last December.
Michael Ciancaglini has no criminal record, but authorities have linked him to two mob-related hits: Felix “Tom Mix” Bocchino on Jan. 29 and James “Jimmy Brooms” Diaddorio on May 29.
He could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
“Most likely to be a leader,” says one mob watcher.
Vincent Iannece
The 29-year-old bachelor appears to have a knack for being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
He testified after a 1984 arrest that he had washed out the van used to take the body of Salvatore Testa from the Something Sweet candy shop on Passyunk Avenue near Tasker in South Philadelphia, where the young mob upstart was murdered, to where it was dumped in South Jersey. He claimed he didn’t know what had been in the van.
On March 13, several weeks before Diaddorio, a mob associate and former Delaware River Port Authority police chief, was killed, Iannece allegedly had dinner with him at Torano’s restaurant at 11th and Christian streets in South Philadelphia.
Later that night, Diaddorio shot at Torano’s manager Mario Ferrari, the son-in-law of imprisoned mob member Raymond “Long John” Martorano.
Iannece, who lives on Wolf Street near 11th in South Philadelphia with his mother and brother, is a “slow learner,” according to one source. He is the son of jailed mob soldier Charles “Charlie White” Iannece and the brother of Charles “Chas” Iannece, 33, who is working as a roofer and has laid low since he was seen with young Nicodemo Scarfo before the former boss’s son was wounded on Halloween night 1989 in a botched mob hit.
“Chas” Iannece said he has been living “a normal life… I don’t make no money from nothing but work. That’s why I’m living at home.”
“My sons, they don’t want to wind up like their father,” said their mother, Rose.
Vincent Iannece could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
“He wants to be in [the mob],” but his mother would be heartbroken, said a mob watcher.
Joseph S. Merlino
Nicknamed “Skinny Joey” because of his slim build, the 30-year-old was recently released from prison after serving nearly three years of a four-year sentence for a $352,000 armored car robbery in 1987. He is now working at an auto body shop on 12th Street near Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia.
The money is still missing from the heist. Merlino claimed he lost it gambling; a federal judge ordered him to pay it back.
Merlino, who is not married, has addresses on Hartranft Street near 19th and 2nd Street near Market. He is the son of imprisoned former underboss Salvatore “Chuckie” Merlino and nephew of former capo Lawrence “Yogi” Merlino, one of the six local mobsters who have become informants.
Described as “cocky” and “brash” by street sources, Merlino has told friends he has been involved in a murder. He will have to remain on his best behaviour because federal probation officers will be looking over his shoulder for the next five years.
Merlino could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
He’s the most likely to be the next mob-hit victim, said several sources.
Gaetano Scafidi
The 27-year-old is known as “Tommy Torre” and “Horsehead” and allegedly has taken over part of the gambling operation run by his older brother, Salvatore “Torre” Scafidi.
Salvatore Scafidi operated the numbers and sports-betting racket with capo Francis “Faffy” Iannarella and soldier Nicholas “Nick the Whip” Milano before they were jailed on federal racketeering charges.
Gaetano Scafidi, who has been identified in court papers as being an ironworker, lives on 9th Street near McKean. He has no criminal record, but people who know him say he is difficult to get along with.
The Internal Revenue Service filed a lien against him on Feb. 11 for failing to pay $2,338.98 in income taxes for the year ending 1986.
There are unconfirmed reports he was shot at early last month.
Scafidi could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
“He’s got the entre, the name, the family history and most significant of all, he’s available,” said a mob watcher. “But he doesn’t have the mental firepower” to be a leader.
Nicodemo S. Scarfo
Sarcastically dubbed “Least Nicky” by the media, the 27-year-old son of the former mob boss is one outsider among the wannabes and probably will never realize his dream of becoming a “made” member although he has thrown his weight around and invoked his father’s name.
“I don’t think he stands a chance of ever being made,” said a law enforcement source. “If he was, it would have to be someone high in the Gambino family who was friendly with his old man. He’s too high of a risk.”
The bachelor fled to North Jersey after the Halloween 1989 assassination attempt, where he lived briefly with George D. Fresolone, whom he had brought into the mob.
Fresolone was “made” at a 1990 initiation ceremony he secretly recorded for law enforcement authorities.
Young Scarfo is believed to be running an Orlando, Fla., computer software business called America’s Most Wanted with a partner.
He could not be reached for comment.
His chances of success:
“It would surprise nobody among the mobwatchers to find him in a ditch,” said one mob watcher.
Gary James Tavella
Tavella, 34, and his wife own Something Sweet, the candy shop where Salvatore Testa was killed.
The 34-year-old, who lives on Passyunk Avenue near Tasker Street above the shop, was involved in gambling with Frank “Faffy” Iannarella and is part of the gambling operation at the 9th and McKean clubhouse.
Tavella has been arrested seven times for gambling and once for drugs since 1981, but has no convictions.
When asked about his current activities, he replied, “I got a deli that I work at 9-10 hours a day and that’s all I have to say about it.”
His chances of success:
“Stands a good chance,” said a mob watcher who noted that Tavella’s chances of succeeding weren’t hurt by his providing the site for the Testa murder.
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Good article thanks.mafiastudent wrote: ↑Mon Sep 23, 2019 5:07 pm https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... ermo-italy
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Supposedly, Gaetano "Horsehead" Scafidi was asked by a judge if he graduated High School. When he answered "yes" the judge said "what year?". Horsehead replied "Senior year,your Honor".
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Great articles Raven.... Frankie Coch and a few Arsenal Mob guys! Big big heist at the time!
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A couple of interesting articles on the young Booby Doyle, Maranzano shooter, Genovese's Hartford capo and Valachi's arch-nemesis.
He was quite active on the streets, also avenging his brother's death.
Daily News, 24 Mar 1924
Hartford Courant, 3 Aug 1924
He was quite active on the streets, also avenging his brother's death.
Daily News, 24 Mar 1924
Hartford Courant, 3 Aug 1924
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Very nice, thank you for sharing this
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An article written by New York magazine after Plumeri's death in 1971 (text is a bit blurry, you can also access it through google books and zoom in). Plumeri was a Lucchese power and by all accounts one tough mafioso. Lots of interesting tidbits, including bad relationship with his nephew Dio who may have blocked Doyle's bidding for a place in the family administration.
Further discussion about his health publised in the same magazine:
Further discussion about his health publised in the same magazine:
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How about some highlights? Short storyaxx wrote: ↑Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:26 am An article written by New York magazine after Plumeri's death in 1971 (text is a bit blurry, you can also access it through google books and zoom in). Plumeri was a Lucchese power and by all accounts one tough mafioso. Lots of interesting tidbits, including bad relationship with his nephew Dio who may have blocked Doyle's bidding for a place in the family administration.
Further discussion about his health publised in the same magazine:
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I'm always intimidated by walls of text but I went through this in a single reading, it's nicely written and keeps you engaged in a way you always want more. The journalist was obviously a pro.