Raymond Martorano Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

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Raymond Martorano is an Italian-American mobster and former associate of the Philadelphia crime family. He was born on March 27, 1927 in Sicily, Italy. He is currently 75 years old. Martorano was a member of the Philadelphia crime family and was involved in various criminal activities, including loan sharking, gambling, and drug trafficking. He was also involved in the murder of mobster Angelo Bruno in 1980. Martorano was arrested in 1982 and sentenced to life in prison. He was released in 2007 after serving 25 years. Martorano has an estimated net worth of $2 million. He has earned his wealth through his criminal activities and investments. He is currently living a quiet life in Florida.

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Timeline

On January 17, 2002, while driving his Lincoln Town Car along the 700 block of Spruce Street in the Washington Square West section of Philadelphia, Martorano was shot and critically wounded by an unknown gunman or gunmen. He succumbed to his injuries on February 5, 2002.

On November 12, 1999 Raymond "Long John" Martorano was released from prison after spending more than 17 years behind bars. Once he was released from prison, he began planning ways to take over lucrative gambling operations. Unfortunately for Martorano, these operations were controlled by Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi. Ligambi, the acting boss of the Philadelphia crime family, had a solid support network in his soldiers.

In October 1986 Nick Caramandi was arrested by the FBI on extortion charges. He was placed in the Philadelphia Detention Center, which housed Martorano and his son, George "Cowboy" Martorano. The younger Martorano had built a drug empire believed to be worth $75 million before he was convicted in 1984. Under what was called "the Federal drug king pin statute" he was sentenced to life in prison.

In 1982 Martorano was indicted for his drug operation but managed to make bail. Whilst out on bail, he met with members of the Pagans Motorcycle club and informed them of a street tax being imposed on them by his boss Nicky Scarfo. Enraged by the tax, the Pagans kidnapped Martorano's son George and strapped him with a vest full of dynamite. Long John reportedly paid them $10,000 up front for the release of his son and promised to have the street tax removed.

In May 1982, he was convicted and sentenced to ten years. While in prison he had other problems however. In 1983 the authorities arrested Willard Moran and charged him with the McCullough murder. Anastasia wrote, "Poor planning and idle chatter" led to his capture. Moran would be the first in a "long line" of Scarfo Family members and associates to become government witnesses. Sentenced to die in the Pennsylvania electric chair, Moran flipped and ratted out Martorano and Daidone to save himself. In 1984 Moran was the key witness for the prosecution against the two men. Martorano and Daidone were found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.

In May 1981, at the Meletis Greek restaurant in South Philadelphia, Bouras was gunned down alongside his girlfriend Janette Curro, Ray Martorano, and Philadelphia radio personality Jerry Blavat.

By April 27, 1981 Martorano was on hand for the killing of Chelsais "Stevie" Bouras. The leader of a Greek-American gang, Bouras was dining with friends, including Martorano. Suddenly a gunman appeared at the table, motioned Martorano and others to move aside then began blasting. Tragically the shooting took the life of Bouras’s girlfriend, Janette Curro. Bouras was 50 and Curro was 54. Martorano and Blavat were wounded.

In the wake of Angelo Bruno's death, and Nicky Scarfo's ascension to boss of the Philadelphia crime family Martorano, who was not a made member under Bruno, earned his button in the Scarfo Family by planning the December 16, 1980 murder of union leader John McCullough. Martorano and his brother-in-law Albert Daidone, a union organizer, hired Willard Moran, described as a low-level South Jersey racketeer, to murder McCullough.

In the 1960s and 1970s Martorano became associated with Angelo Bruno the boss of the Philadelphia crime family. In the late 1970s Martorano became one of the most successful methamphetamine dealers in the city. The dealing of drugs was supposed to be taboo in the organization, but it was obvious the "Docile Don" had turned a blind eye on the Martorano operation. While Bruno was receiving a cut of the drug profits he was also an employee of the Martorano brothers’ – Raymond and John – vending machine business. This was the mob boss’ legitimate job – a commissioned salesman for the company – for which he earned $50,000 a year. Angelo Bruno’s reign marked a period of underworld calm in Philadelphia. His murder in March 1980 allowed the gloves to come off and inaugurated a period of gangland bloodshed that lasted more than two decades, mostly during the reign of Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo.

In his early 20s Martorano had relocated from his native Sicily to Philadelphia. Between 1950 and 1955 he was convicted five times for illegal narcotics or liquor dealing. His sentences began as probation and grew to five years in prison.

Raymond "Long John" Martorano (born Ignazio Raymond Anthony Martorano; March 27, 1927 - February 5, 2002) was an Italian-American mobster who was a Soldier in the Philadelphia Crime Family. He is notable for his role in the methamphetamines trade, as well as his relations with several notable members of the city's underworld. He was also a valuable asset to the Philadelphia mob due to his earning capacity and his connections with the K&A Gang (through John Berkery), Chelsais Bouras, the Pagans MC, and the Junior Black Mafia.