Prosecutor rips reputed mobster apart in closing arguments

Prosecutor rips reputed mobster apart in closing arguments
A prosecutor spent two hours Tuesday trashing reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino as a greedy gangster who skimmed profits from fraudulent prescriptions for $1,500-a-tube pain cream. During closing arguments at Merlino’s federal racketeering trial, Manhattan Assistant US Attorney Lauren Schorr said “the evidence is clear” that Merlino belonged to an “organized crime…