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Flemmi met Debra Davis at a jewelry store, and the couple dated for more than seven years. In 1981, Bulger is said to have killed Davis because she knew that Flemmi was an informant. [8] Four years after killing Davis, in 1985, Flemmi and Bulger killed Deborah Hussey, who was also Flemmi's stepdaughter (born to his common-law wife, Marion A ...
John Joseph Connolly Jr. (born August 1, 1940) [2] is an American former FBI agent who was convicted of racketeering, obstruction of justice and murder charges stemming from his relationship with Boston mobsters James "Whitey" Bulger, Steve Flemmi and the Winter Hill Gang.
Castucci was a close associate of mobster Stephen Flemmi, a leader of the Winter Hill Gang and a secret FBI informant. Castucci introduced Flemmi and mobster John Martorano to a major New York bookmaker when they were organizing Anthony Ciulla's race fixing scheme.
Weeks said: "Everything I did, every business I had, Jim Bulger and Steve Flemmi were my partners always." [4] In 1983, Weeks and O'Neil acquired Stippo's Liquor Mart in South Boston from owners Stephen and Julie Rakes by using threats of violence. The store was renamed South Boston Liquor Mart and became a frequent hangout of Bulger and Flemmi.
The Winter Hill Gang was a loose confederation of American organized crime figures in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was generally considered an Irish Mob organization, with most gang members and the leadership consisting predominantly of Irish-Americans, although some notable members, such as Stephen Flemmi and Johnny Martorano, are of Italian-American descent.
Barboza aligned himself with the Winter Hill Gang in part because James "Buddy" McLean was an ally of Vincent Flemmi, who Barboza trusted along with his brother Stephen Flemmi. As early as 1965, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent H. Paul Rico , was using that trust to drive Barboza into becoming an informant .
Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, a former member of the Winter Hill Gang and ex-top echelon informant for the FBI. Nicholas Femia , of East Boston , an associate of the Patriarca crime family and later the Winter Hill Gang who was involved in extortion and armed robbery.
Patrick Joseph Nee (born December 22, 1944) is an Irish-American former mobster and Irish republican sympathizer. A former member of the Mullen Gang and the Winter Hill Gang, he is a Vietnam War veteran, and author of A Criminal and an Irishman; The Inside Story of the Boston Mob-IRA Connection.