Scarfo, fellow alleged mob members plead not guilty in sports-betting case
MORRISTOWN, N.J. - More than two dozen reputed members and associates of the Lucchese organized crime family were arraigned in Superior Court on Monday in a multi-pronged racketeering case built around what authorities allege was a $2 billion illegal sports-betting operation.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. - More than two dozen reputed members and associates of the Lucchese organized crime family were arraigned in Superior Court on Monday in a multi-pronged racketeering case built around what authorities allege was a $2 billion illegal sports-betting operation.
Two New York-based leaders of the crime family as well as the hierarchy of the New Jersey branch of the organization face gambling, extortion and money-laundering charges detailed in a 34-count indictment handed up last month by a state grand jury.
Among those named in the indictment were Nicodemo S. Scarfo, 44, son of jailed Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo D. "Little Nicky" Scarfo, and two 74-year-old reputed mob leaders from New York who allegedly sit on the crime family's "ruling panel."
Scarfo, represented by Cherry Hill attorney Donald Manno, was one of 32 defendants who entered not guilty pleas before Morris County Superior Court Judge Thomas V. Manahan in a series of rapid-fire arraignments.
All but one defendant, Martin Taccetta, remain free on bail.