Philadelphia Underworld Boss Headed Up the River for 2nd Stint in Prison

Steven ‘Handsome Stevie’ Mazzone, has been a top enforcer in the Philly crime family since the mid-1990s and the No. 2 man since 2011.

AP/Jose Luis Magana
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department's Criminal Division at Washington on September 13, 2022. AP/Jose Luis Magana

The power of the Philadelphia mob took a fresh hit Thursday after a federal court sentenced underboss Steven “Handsome Stevie” Mazzone to five years in prison, the maximum sentence that the crime boss could face under a plea deal struck with prosecutors in June.

Mazzone, who has been a top enforcer in the Philly crime family since the mid-1990s and the No. 2 man since 2011, engaged in racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, illegal gambling, and loansharking.

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