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2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say 2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say Life imitated art when a reputed Gambino crime family captain threatened to burn down a Jersey Shore restaurant, then went to a service station across the street and tried to buy and fill a plastic gas can, federal authorities said. In what could’ve been a scene from any number of modern-day mob movies, Joseph Lanni of Staten Island became a walking cliché, the Justice Department said in announcing an organized-crime takedown that stretched all the way to Sicily. Lanni and fellow Staten Islander Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero “became belligerent” after being asked to leave Roxy’s Bar and G…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TV Crew To Film Docu-Series In Pennsylvania TV Crew To Film Docu-Series In Pennsylvania
TV Crew To Film Docu-Series In Pennsylvania A television docu-series will film on-location in Marple Township on Friday, Sept. 22, police advise.  A camera crew for A&E's "Undercover" will be on the 200 block of Lawrence Road throughout the day, authorities said.  They will be set up on the local residential lane on the street's south side and not on the four-lane highway, so delays to traffic are expected to be minimal, according to the department.  The series goes behind the scenes to discuss the real-life stories of undercover police work through interviews with detectives and archival recordings, said Green Le…

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by Mac Bullock