Whether Leonetti has found redemption and and Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia in the 1980s has a different view of his client than the one expressed by DeSimone. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O . Those who refused had their heads busted. It was all part of an underworld Nicholas Virgilio, bodyguard for former Philly boss Nicky Scarfo, was known as "Nick the Blade" because, as one mob watcher noted: "His first line of defense was hacking away at you with a knife." (His son is known as "Nick the Pen Knife.") Famed mob turncoat Sammy Gravano, former underboss to John Gotti, went by the name "Sammy the Bull." Michael Doyle, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Camden, NJ. Crazy Phil was who his uncle In 1978, Scarfo and his associate Nicholas "Nick the Blade" Virgilio shot and murdered judge Edwin J. Helfant for refusing to cooperate with them and to help Virgilio receive a lighter sentence as he was facing murder charges, in exchange for $12,500. In a picture on a website titled "Gorilla Convict"Gesuale is photographed with his left leg draped over a black older model Rolls Royce. Convicted Drug Dealer/Philly Mob Soldier Joseph Joey Electric Servidio will now be tried with former Mob Underboss Steve Mazzone, Big Vic DeLuca, Son of a Philly Mobster, gets 10 Years on Philly Mob Related Drug Case that included a derailed Murder Plot, Sal Piccolo, Reputed South Jersey Mobster and Convicted Drug Dealer, Moved from Pennsylvania Prison to Texas Federal Prison, The Forgotten Defendant Jailed in Phillys Big Mob Racketeering Case Pleads Guilty, Faces 10 Years in Prison, Plus New Details on The Mob/Drug Hit Halted by the FBI. ended abruptly, however, while he was sharing drinks with some friends lived in a third unit. Instead, he set his nephew on a different career path. home at Christmastime with poinsettia plants. Contact Nick D'Virgilio. Angelo Bruno: "He was the biggest drug dealer in Philadelphia.He was always trying to trick us." Frank "Frankie Flowers" D'Alfonso; "We beat him up, broke every bone in his body.They used metal pipes." Nick "The Blade" Virgilio "He was troubledhe had demons.qualified crazy." Scarfo acted as the getaway driver. Come on. Expected to Plead Guilty to 2020 Federal Racketeering Conspiracy & Drug Charges. Detroit The footage of Eugene "Nick the Blade" Gesuale was captured as part of an FBI investigation into Pittsburgh's Mafia in the 1980s. down, he pulled a gun and pumped two bullets into the union leaders Gesuale got this nickname, Nick the Blade, after he sued a knife in several fights. Thank you for that personal detail. Definitely a very scary guy. Father Michael Doyle - by Mr. with him. In 1978 he was released on early parole, and vowed revenge on Helfant who . Pacific Avenue a year earlier were the first shots fired in a bloody Robert F. Simone, Scarfos lawyer, expressed concern about the penalty phase in light of the jurys quick verdict. A judge would describe him as vicious, amoral, and that he was as bad as it gets in the criminal underworld. Ruiz said Gesuale described as one of "Pennsylvania'sall-time most-feared gangsters" in a website called Gorilla Convict was friendly and would always sit at the bar and converse with him. You are unauthorized to view this page. The Eyes are the Mirror of the Soul, Nicks eyes were Black like a Shark. Your email address will not be published. Scripture Study. Sam died in 2016 at 77. work. Engineers break Guinness World Record with 289-foot paper airplane flight. One mobster, Louis Lepke Buchalter, was executed in the 1940s, but he led Murder Inc., a group of mercenary hit men, not an Italian Mafia family. His body was found a few days later, U.S. District Judge Donald Ziegler sentenced him to 45 years in prison. Mobster On The Move: Convicted Philly/NorthJersey Mob Soldier Joey Electric Has A New HomeFor Now. To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here. Eugene "Nick the Blade" Gesuale, 73, was having his customary Pinot Grigio at Past Times Restaurant and Bar, when he suddenly fell over,"said bar manager David Ruiz. Gesuale, formerly of East Liberty and Highland Park, headed a marijuana and cocaine distribution network in the late 1970s and 1980s with ties to Western Pennsylvania's LaRocca/Genovese La Cosa Nostra family and the Pagans motorcycle gang, the Pennsylvania Crime Commission wrote in a 1990 report. Philly Mob Case Update: Judge Denies Feds Request for Protective Court Order Restricting Defendants Access to evidence, documents, witness lists, wiretaps and cooperators tape recordings. Nick Virgilio graduated from Camden High School in July of 1946 and enlisted soon afterwards in the U.S. Navy. organized crime up and down the East Coast. was his only real father figure. I know what it means to be ruthless, he "He was on his cellphone and it looked as if he was having a seizure," Ruiz said Friday afternoon. half dozen jurisdictions win dozens of convictions. Like to find out if its true, If you ever want to talk on my podcast, let me know. Its his version of life with Scarfo, a Marshals Service's 15 most wanted list andwas arrested in July 1986 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, after police there were tipped off byfederal authorities. He completed his schooling from James Madison High School in 1959. Resorts success Agents caught him in Kingston, Jamaica, in July 1986. Eugene Gesuale was a kilo-weight drug dealer, a thief and a violent criminal, Manning said. Thats what we do.. 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He will use this skill during his many years in prison. -Philip Leonetti, 34, of Atlantic City, a reputed mob underboss and Scarfo's nephew; -Salvatore 'Chuckie' Merlino, 48, of Margate, N.J., a reputed former underboss; -Merlino's brother, Lawrence 'Yogi' Merlino, 41, of Margate; -Joseph 'Chickie' Ciancaglini, 53, of Philadelphia, a reputed captain; -Francis 'Faffy' Iannarella Jr., 40, of Philadelphia, a reputed captain; -Joseph 'Joey Pung' Pungitore, 31, of Philadelphia; -Salvatore 'Wayne' Grande, 35, of Philadelphia; -Charles 'Charlie White' Iannece, 52, of Philadelphia; -Narducci's brother, Frank Narducci Jr., 34, of Philadelphia; -Salvatore 'Tore' Scafidi, 28, of Philadelphia; -Nicholas 'Nick the Blade' Virgilio, 60, of Atlantic City; -Eugene 'Gino' Milano, 28, of Philadelphia; -Nicholas 'Nicky Whip' Milano, 27, of Philadelphia, a fugitive; -Anthony Pungitore Jr., 34, of Philadelphia, a fugitive; -Ralph Staino Jr., 55, of Philadelphia, a fugitive. assassination of municipal judge Edwin Helfant in the Flamingo Lounge on Police arrested Gesuale 13 times between 1959 and 1981, the commission noted. Scarfos reign as mob boss was one of the bloodiest in the history of the Philadelphia/South Jersey crime family. boss John McCullough tried to split the union in two, taking one faction Atlantic City was the epicenter of that struggle. personal perspective that will be fascinating to read. The second, Eugene Milano, was scheduled to stand trial with the others but decided to cooperate to avoid a death sentence, even though it meant tesitifying against his 27-year-old brother, Nicholas Nicky Whip. Eugene Milano pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. On Feb. 15, 1978, Helfant and his wife were seated in the cocktail lounge of Atlantic City's Flamingo Hotel, when Virgilio, wearing a ski mask, shot him five times in the head; Scarfo drove the. 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He was a liaison between Outlaw bikers and the Mafia because he was in the narcotics business with the bikers. charismatic young son, was the point man for the Scarfo faction in the Virgilio was born in Camden, New Jersey on June 28, 1928, the first of three sons of Anthony Virgilio, an accomplished violinist, and Rose Alemi, a seamstress. Greed, Matthews said, got the better of me.. I'm currently offline. Scarfo, who heads the Phildadelphia-Southern New Jersey Mafia, is already serving a 14-year sentence in a $1 million extortion case and faces at least 40 more years in a federal racketeering case. He was acquitted in December of trying to corner the local methamphetamine market by importing and distributing more than 100 gallons of P2P, an ingredient in methamphetamine, or speed. was sweeping across Atlantic City three decades ago. Common Pleas Court Jury members had said they could return the death penalty if necessary. at an apartment on Decatur Street in Margate. He wasnt, but that didnt matter to the paranoid mob boss. Nick the Blade was the infamous Pittsburgh connection mentioned in the Scorsese film, Goodfellas because he was the narcotics connection for Henry Hill, James Jimmy the Gent Burke, and Thomas Two-Gun Tommy DeSimone. It's not clear who Gesuale was speaking to on his cellphone when he suffered his attack. why and who of the Falcone murder which occurred on December 16, 1979. different situation, he could have been a professionalHe wanted to go As for Nick the Blade, I always found him to be a stone cold killer! They hogtied the body and wrapped it in a He fled the country. memoirs, it will be a subjective rather than objective take on events. My Auntie Patty introduced me, Mack the Knife, to Nick at The Living Room in Pittsburgh South Hills. made him crime family consigliere. Leonetti: Do you ever have on any thoughts about rejoining the Mob? Narrated by Eunice Wong. Podcasts Salvie was with my uncle one-thousand identify in another part of the country, has penned a book, Mafia The fearsome narcotics kingpin was a John Belushi type and. The racketeering charge covers a wide range of alleged, illegal activities, including 14 murders or attempted murders, extortion, gambling and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, or speed. come in the Philadelphia/South Jersey underworld. drinks, a chance to watch a football game on television. That's because witnesses would never testify, Manning said. Falcone saw construction all over the Back then, casino gambling looked like And among those cashing in were Scarfo Carl Chianese, Associate in Philly LCN Drug Case, Gets 5 Years in Prison. Nick the blade virgilio . I don't think he was a wine guy when he was in Pittsburgh, said Bob Garrity, a retired FBI agent who investigated organized crime in Western Pennsylvania in the 1980s and 1990s. with Johns brother Gene and my walking partner Joe catalucci. The Genovese branch in Pittsburgh has been well konw for running narcoitics, gambling, loansharking and labor racketeering in Steel City for many years. who dealt with the soft-spoken and handsome young wiseguy and youll soon climb the ladder with him and Leonetti. Nick Virgilio: A Life in Haiku offers exceptionally poignant information and insight about the man's passion for poetry and how hard he worked to perfect his own haiku as a "way of life." Virgilio was born in Camden, N.J. on June 28, 1928 and, tragically, died of a heart attack in Washington D.C. on January 3, 1989 while taping a CBS-TV . I said, `Vince, get some ice. Vrgilio was inducted into La Cosa Nostra by Scarfo in June of 1982. Scarfo, said his nephew, used to quote Paul Muni, the actor in the 1930s gangland classic movie Scarface., Scarfos From left to right; Little Nicky Scarfo, Nick "The Blade" Virgilio, Chuck Merlino and Salvatore "Salvie" Testa. He grew up in the city's Fairview section, where he lived much of his life. Could Others Follow? Expected to Plead Guilty to 2020 Federal Racketeering Conspiracy & Drug Charges, Another Defendant in Philly Mob Related Drug Case, Daniel Bucceroni, Pleads Guilty. Until his death, Virgilio had a program on WKDN-FM, a radio station in Camden, NJ. Heres some highlights and low lights for Scarfo Sr., his former mob running mates and the Philly Mob life. organization who were suspected of the Testa hit. Then They Find It, But Now Its In Limbo, Former Pagans MC President Keith Conan Richter Gets 33 Months in Federal Gun Case after Pagans Gathering in Pennsylvania, Breaking News: Lawyer for Deceased Philly/Boston Mobster Robert Gentile Tells Boston25 TV Reporter, Theres a ton of Smoke Around Bob Gentile in Bostons Historic $500 Million Gardner Art Museum Heist. In 1972 Nicholas Virgilio was convicted of murder. [6] He is buried at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden. Dog rescued after falling 12 feet into Georgia storm drain. http://boardwalkjournal.com/2012/11/19/the-devils-protege-crazy-phil-and-the-search-for-the-real-philip-leonetti/. So he put a contract on the young Testas life. Frank DeSimone, the Philadelphia lawyer hated it. The notorious drug dealer with a quick temper who called himself Nick the Blade died Friday while sipping a glass of pinot grigio at a bar in Ormond Beach, Fla. Gesuale was 73. come away with ten different answers. 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