Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino was allegedly one of the most infamous mob bosses to ever come out of Philadelphia, although he denies being part of the mafia. Merlino and his alleged faction of La Cosa ...

Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia outlines the battle for power among rival mafiosos in the 1990s. One of its subjects, Joey Merlino, was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001. He ...

Former President Donald Trump was photographed posing alongside convicted ex-Philadelphia mob boss Joey Merlino at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach earlier this month, the Philadelphia ...

The reputed head of the Philadelphia mob was slapped with a maximum sentence of two years for illegal gambling Wednesday during a raucous proceeding in which one of his supporters loudly called the ...

Police are investigating a suspected arson at the South Philly storefront where convicted mob boss Joey Merlino plans to open a new cheesesteak shop, authorities said. Around 2:15 a.m. Thursday, ...

Philadelphia mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino leaves Manhattan federal court after he was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison on an illegal gambling charge. Merlino chuckled as he remarked ...

A notorious Philadelphia mob boss sentenced to two years in prison for illegal betting quipped outside court Wednesday that President Donald Trump was right to suggest cooperators or flippers should ...

Joey Merlino is headed back to prison. “Skinny Joey,” the onetime boss of the Philadelphia mob, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison for a gambling-related count to which he pleaded ...