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Mobster’s Body Unearthed In Riverside
12:56PM ON
11/20/2008
BY
Eric Smith
From the Projo:
The Rhode Island State Police yesterday unearthed what they believe are the remains of Joseph P. “Joe Onions” Scanlon, the onetime hood, police informant and victim of an infamous Rhode Island gangland slaying….In April 1978, Pari and Andrew Merola were arrested for whacking Scanlon in Merola’s Federal Hill social club in Providence. Scanlon’s girlfriend, a prostitute named Sandra Surprise, later testified that Pari punched Scanlon in the face to distract him, while Merola pumped a single shot into the back of his head. She was holding the couple’s three-month-old daughter as she watched.
Read the entire piece here. Photo, Bill Murphy, The Providence Journal
November 20th, 2008 at 3:53PM
I Need a Name Like Joe Onions | a question of perspective Says:
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November 20th, 2008 at 4:26PM
Michaela Colette Says:
i wish my name was sandra surprise.
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November 20th, 2008 at 10:32PM
Islay Says:
Only trannies can be named Sandra Surprise.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 11:06AM
Senorita Says:
Indeed the highlight of this snippet was a prostitute named Sandra Surprise.
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