Reputed Philly Mob Boss Joseph Merlino's Trial In New York Ends In Hung Jury

The New York Post covered the federal racketeering trial of reputed Philadelphia Cosa Nostra boss Joseph Merlino in New York.

Reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino slipped through the feds’ fingers Tuesday when the jury at his racketeering trial announced it was hopelessly deadlocked despite four days of deliberations.

Manhattan federal Judge Richard Sullivan declared a mistrial at 5:30 p.m., more than seven hours after giving jurors a sternly worded “Allen charge” to try to end the stalemate the panel first revealed in a note late Thursday afternoon.

Merlino, 55, faced four charges tied to alleged loan-sharking, bookmaking and health care fraud conspiracies.

The feds say the schemes were part of a sprawling, cross-crime-family racket from Springfield, Massachusetts, to South Florida, where Merlino moved following his release from prison in 2011 and was the matire d’ at a short-lived, namesake Italian restaurant, Merlino’s, in Boca Raton.

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