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 ...

Reputed Philadelphia mob boss “Skinny Joey” Merlino wants no part of President Donald Trump’s desperate efforts to flip the results of his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. A lawyer for Trump ...

Joey Merlino, who spent much of his life in and out of prison and survived multiple assassination attempts, is now focusing on his latest venture, a cheesesteak shop called Skinny Joey’s, writes ...

It’s 2025 in Philadelphia, and everyone, it seems, is either hosting a podcast or opening a cheesesteak shop. “Skinny Joey” Merlino, Philly’s best-known wiseguy, is doing both. Some four years clear ...

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, ...

Police are trying to figure out if someone started a fire at a South Philadelphia cheesesteak shop that reputed former mob boss “Skinny Joey Merlino claims to have recently purchased. The business ...

New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner said that a social media post that surfaced on July 7 is not what it seems: He was not “hanging out” with mob boss Joey Merlino. After the convicted Philadelphia ...

ATLANTIC CITY - Joseph N. Merlino's construction company was allowed to build a new barracks for the New Jersey State Police and the headquarters for the Atlantic City Police Department, but it is ...

P H I L A D E L P H I A, July 20 -- Reputed mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey"Merlino was cleared by a jury today on the most serious charges inhis federal racketeering trial. Merlino was found guilty of ...