Reporting from Philadelphia — Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo, whose bloody reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s triggered a years-long mob war that left at least two dozen fellow gangsters ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, whose reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s was one of the bloodiest in its history, has died at a federal medical center in North Carolina, a ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Notorious former Philadelphia mob boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo has died in a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina. He was 87. A family attorney confirmed to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Nov. 3, 1986 file photo, Nicodemo Scarfo, lower right, and his nephew, Philip Leonetti, lower left, sit in court in ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- Nicodemo scarfo, the infamous head of the Philadelphia crime family, died Friday, according to a family lawyer. "Little nicky" was serving a 55-year sentence in a federal prison ...

CAMDEN — Reputed mobster Nicodemo Scarfo is due in federal court for an arraignment and a bail hearing. It will be his first chance to enter a plea in the case. The son of former Philadelphia-area mob ...

Thirteen people - including lawyers and an accountant - were charged in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. Most of them were arrested in raids throughout the morning in New Jersey, Florida and ...

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drape a curtain of secrecy around a case involving electronic surveillance of an alleged mobster. Its classified eavesdropping technology is so sensitive, the ...

CAMDEN, N.J. – Reputed mobster Nicodemo Scarfo will stay in jail as he awaits trial on a financial fraud case, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday. The son of former Philadelphia-area mob boss ...