November 24, 2020 – The house of cards that is the Philadelphia mafia had its shaky foundation hit with a sledgehammer Monday morning with the indictment of 15 leaders, members and associates of the Bruno-Scarfo crime family on federal drug, gambling and extortion charges. Alleged Philly mob underboss Steven (Handsome Stevie) Mazzone and rising-star capo Domenic (Baby Dom) Grande were the top two gangland figures named in the case.
Mazzone, 56, did almost a decade behind bars on a 2001 racketeering conviction and has been part of the Philly mob’s administration since the 1990s. Handsome Stevie’s younger brother, Salvatore (Sonny) Mazzone, was the first busted last Thursday on bookmaking charges. Sonny Mazzone, 55. is said to be a mafia soldier. Monday’s indictment was superseding to that case.
The newly-married 41-year old Grande is Mazzone’s nephew by way of marriage and reportedly being mentored to one day take over the organization as don. His father Salvatore (John Wayne) Grande was a hit man and drug dealer in the Philly mob who entered the Witness Protection Program when Dom was just entering adolescence.
Others to go down in Monday’s case include, Joseph (Joey Electric) Servidio, Lou (Louie Sheep) Barretta, Victor (Big Vic) DeLuca, Daniel (Cozy) Castelli, Daniel (Danny Blue Eyes) Malatesta, Sr., Anthony (Tony Meatballs) Gifoli, Kenny Arabia, Carl Chianese, John Romeo, Danny Bucceroni, Joe Malone and John Payne.
Malone is Handsome Stevie’s former father-in-law. He is alleged to have ordered a baseball bat beating to a debtor, per the indictment. Louie Sheep Barretta is one of Mazzone’s longtime aides.
Servidio, a mob button man, Malatesta, Sr., Castelli, Chianese, Romeo and Bucceroni were caught up in drug investigations dating back to the mid-2010s. The 60-year old Joey Electric Servidio pleaded guilty in the summer and got 15 years.
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