A father had three sons. The oldest changed his name. The youngest hanged himself, resulting in his death years later. And the middle child — who bears his father’s first name, Nicodemo — followed in ...

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — The Smithville section was the perfect place for a member of the Lucchese crime family to lay low, and no one would ask questions. Not many in town knew Nicodemo “Nicky” Scarfo Jr.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 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 ...