FEDS BUST FLASHY CRIME-FIGHTER

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, December, 2006 | by DAVE DAVIES

JOE MAMMANA is the kind of larger-than-life figure Philadelphians love - the kid who overcomes a crime-ridden youth to spend a fortune fighting crime; the ex-Marine who bluntly calls his rewards for missing thugs "bounties"; the Italian-American businessman who cares enough to pay for young victims' funerals.

And he does it all in style, wearing a diamond-studded Rolex and driving a silver Lamborghini. But Mammana's world came crashing down yesterday when FBI agents descended on his North Philadelphia egg-processing business and his expansive Yardley home, searching both - as well as his Lamborghini and customized black Hummer. Mammana was arrested on weapons charges after the feds found a loaded .357 Magnum in his nightstand, but it appears his troubles run much deeper than...

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