2-Year Sentence For 'Skinny Joey' Merlino, Reputed Longtime Philly Mob Boss

Chris Palmer at the Philadelphia Inquirer offers a piece on the two year prison sentence given to Joseph Merlino, the reputed boss of the Philadelphia Cosa Nostra organized crime family.

You can read the piece via the below link:

www2.philly.com/philly/news/crime/joey-merlino-philadelphia-mob-boss-sentenced-federal-prison-gambling-20181017.html

Former Philly Police Commissioner John F. Timoney, 'A Cop's Cop,' Is Laid To Rest

Chris Palmer at the Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the funeral of former Philadelphia Police Commissioner John F. Timoney.

You can read about the funeral and tributes via the below link:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160824_Former_Philly_Police_Commissioner_John_F__Timoney___a_cop_s_cop___laid_to_rest.html

You can also read an earlier post on John F. Timoney via the below link:

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2016/08/john-timoney-who-rose-from-nypd-beat.html

John Timoney, Who Rose From NYPD Beat Cop To Top Cop In Philadelphia And Miami, Dies

Chris Palmer at the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that former Philadelphia police commissioner John Timoney has died. He was 68.

You can read the piece via the below link:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160818_Former_Philly_Police_Commissioner_John_Timoney_dies.html

I met John Timoney several times while he was Philadelphia's top cop.  I witnessed Timoney's hands on management style while covering the street riots during the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in 2000.

I later interviewed John Timoney for Counterterrorism magazine. You can read the interview via the below link:

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2010/08/interview-with-americas-top-cop-q-with.html

You can also read my Crime Beat column on John Timoney via the below link:

http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2010/06/on-crime-thrillers-tale-of-crime.html