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	Winter Hill Gang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Winter Hill Gang is a loose confederation of Boston, Massachusetts area, mostly Irish-American organized crime figures.
		While Winter Hill Gang members are alleged to have been involved with most typical organized crime related activities, they are perhaps most known for fixing horse races in the northeastern United States.
		The Winter Hill Gang also played a central role in the Boston Irish Mob Wars of the 1960s between Winter Hill leader James "Buddy" McLean and Bernard McLaughlin's Charlestown Mob.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winter_Hill_Gang (265 words)

	Boston.com / The search for 'Whitey' Bulger
		Winter's version of underworld events sharply contradicts that of former FBI agent John J. Connolly, who persuaded Bulger to turn informant in the fall of 1975.
		Winter burst out laughing at Connolly's claim, insisting it was only last year, when the FBI acknowledged the ties, that he learned Bulger and his partner, Stephen ``The Rifleman'' Flemmi, were longtime FBI informants.
		Winter's friendship with Flemmi dates back to the early 1960s, when they were both working for Somerville gang boss James ``Buddy'' McLean, who was gunned down in 1965 during the Irish gang wars.
	www.boston.com /news/packages/whitey/globe_stories/1998/whitey_and_the_fbi_part_4_sidebar_b.htm (539 words)

	USCA1 Opinion 02-2201
		Despite the fact that the Winter Hill Gang and La Cosa Nostra were often rivals, members of the two groups frequently cooperated in criminal undertakings.
		While the evidence demonstrated that Bulger, Flemmi, and others were associates of the Winter Hill Gang, it also demonstrated that they were members of a separate enterprise dedicated to their own protection and the advancement of their own criminal activities.
		Moreover, Bulger told Weeks that Connolly, who was not a member of the Winter Hill Gang, was nevertheless "one of ours." The jury could therefore have readily inferred the existence of a continuing unit which included Connolly and was distinct from the Winter Hill Gang.
	www.ca1.uscourts.gov /cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=02-2201.01A (7151 words)

	USCA1 Opinion 03-2019
		This case is an offshoot of the prosecution of members of the notorious Boston Winter Hill Gang for various crimes including extortion and murder.
		After Flemmi was incarcerated as the result of the prosecution of gang members, defendant kept in touch with him and another gang member who was not then in prison, Kevin Weeks.
		Winter Hill Gang member Weeks, testifying under a cooperation agreement, said that on a Thursday in late September 1999 he received an envelope that defendant had left for him at the Rotary Variety Store, a locale frequented by gang members and their associates.
	www.ca1.uscourts.gov /cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=03-2019.01A (3899 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Black Mass: The Irish Mob, The FBI and A Devil's Deal
		The gang operated out of a garage in the Winter Hill section of the small city just across the Charles River to the west.
		He knew Bulger and the Winter Hill gang were facing a two-pronged threat from a local Mafia that for decades was controlled by the powerful underboss Gennaro J. Angiulo and his four brothers.
		But for Connolly's purposes, it was better to play up the beef percolating between the LCN and Winter Hill over the vending machines, and Connolly could tell right away he'd hit a hot button with the fearless Bulger when he mentioned the potential for violence.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/blackmass.htm (4932 words)

	New indictment targets Bulger: 9/29/00
		The allegations of murder by gang members were included as part of the racketeering and conspiracy charges.
		The indictment alleges that Bulger and Flemmi, who were the leaders of what was dubbed the "Winter Hill" gang, participated in 18 and 10 murders, respectively, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
		In recent years, it has been revealed that both Bulger and Flemmi were prized informants for an FBI that was more interested in attacking the Mafia than the Winter Hill Gang, which prosecutors now have dubbed "The Bulger Group." One of Bulger and Flemmi's FBI handlers is facing racketeering charges.
	www.s-t.com /daily/09-00/09-29-00/a01sr006.htm (690 words)

	USCA1 Opinion 04-2466
		The suit is founded in a long and sordid history between Boston FBI agents and the Winter Hill Gang, an organized crime syndicate in Boston.
		The Winter Hill Gang's main rival in crime was the Boston branch of La Cosa Nostra, another organized crime syndicate.
		The article also stated that Wheeler had "suspected the Winter Hill Gang was skimming profits" from his company and that "Martorano believes the FBI told Flemmi and Bulger about Wheeler's suspicions." Id.
	www.ca1.uscourts.gov /cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=04-2466.01A (4634 words)

	FBI's bargain written in blood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Boston, FBI agents responded by recruiting two hit men as informers and by forging an alliance with the Winter Hill Gang, a group of vicious thugs eager to seize control of the rackets from the Patriarca Mafia family.
		The nature of the arrangement, as disclosed in recent criminal proceedings: In return for information on the Mafia, Boston agents looked the other way as the Winter Hill Gang sold drugs, stole and murdered, even tipping off members when state police or federal drug agents were on their trail.
		Yet in 1983, when Bulger was upgraded to "top echelon," a field memo said he was "the titular head of the Winter Hill mob and as such sits as an equal at the policy-making level" with New England Mafia leaders.
	www.truthinjustice.org /blood-bargain.htm (1513 words)

	Irish Echo Online - News
		The McIntyre suit is one of 17 that relatives of those murdered by members of the Bulger gang who were working for the FBI at the time of the killings are bringing against the government with claims amounting to more than $1.4 billion.
		A gang member, Kevin Weeks, who cooperated with the authorities and led them to the grave where McIntyre's remains were found, accused Connolly of passing information to Bulger that led to McIntyre's death.
		McIntyre who had been tortured before being murdered was found with the remains of two other Winter Hill Gang victims -- Arthur "Bucky" Barrett, a drug dealer, and Deborah Hussey, the daughter of Stephen Flemmi's girlfriend, who was murdered to prevent her from talking about an affair she had had with Flemmi.
	www.irishecho.com /search/searchstory.cfm?id=14310&issueid=351 (940 words)

	AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 28
		The stories of the Connolly's protection of Bulger, and his Winter Hill gang, are now the stuff of legend around Boston.
		Rakes went to the Boston police, who took the case to Connolly, who, according to the indictment, falsely told the cops that unless Rakes agreed to wear a wire to record Bulger, that the FBI was unlikely to take action on the complaint.
		However, Jimmy's reputation as a likable rouge took a turn for the worst at the start of this year when one of his gang members led investigators to a spot in Dorchester where the skeletal remains of three mob victims were buried.
	www.americanmafia.com /Feature_Articles_28.html (1872 words)

	DOJ Press Release Winter Hill Gang leader Flemmi pleads guilty
		Roger Wheeler, a prominent Tulsa, Oklahoma business leader, was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa on May 27, 1981 as Bulger Group members tried to gain control of World Jai Alai, one of Wheeler's companies.
		FLEMMI pleaded guilty to murdering, along with Bulger, two young women, Debra Davis and Deborah Hussey, during the 1980s after determining that each posed a threat to FLEMMI and to the criminal organization.
		The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Fred M. Wyshak, Jr., Brian T. Kelly, and Colin Owyang in Sullivan's Organized Crime Strike Force Unit.
	www.ipsn.org /characters/bulger/doj_flemmi_press_release.htm (985 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| $1m bounty for US fugitive
		In the 1980s Bulger, the head of the so-called Winter Hill Gang, allegedly helped smuggle a cache of weapons from the US to the IRA.
		A mass grave of some of the Winter Hill Gang's victims was found recently just outside Boston.
		Richard Milano, whose brother Michael was one of those murdered by the Winter Hill Gang in 1973, said: "I want him caught so bad and for justice to prevail.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2634661.stm (580 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Flemmi to receive his sentence, but Winter Hill Gang saga goes on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi admitted to killing 10 people and was a boss in the Winter Hill Gang, the criminal empire that terrorized Bostonians for decades and brought shame to the FBI for its cozy relationship with underworld informants.
		BOSTON -- Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi admitted to killing 10 people and was a boss in the Winter Hill Gang, the criminal empire that terrorized Bostonians for decades and brought shame to the FBI for its cozy relationship with underworld informants.
		Flemmi and longtime cohort James "Whitey" Bulger were the leaders of the South Boston-based gang that ran loan-sharking, drug and gambling rackets.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/01/27/flemmi_to_receive_his_sentence_but_winter_hill_gang_saga_goes_on?mode=PF (578 words)

	Copper Mountain Over the Hill Gang Ski Groups
		The Over The Hill Gang originated at Copper Mountain in 1976 and has been going strong ever since.
		The Gang skis and rides in guided groups on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from November 15 - April 9 (except for breaks during the Christmas Holiday and President's Weekend).
		The winter activities include snowshoeing and cross-country skiing (daytime and moonlight), tubing, wallyball, ice skating, theatre outings and monthly potluck dinners with entertainment or dancing.
	www.coppercolorado.com /lessonsrentals/ohg (444 words)

	The Morning Journal - News - 07/28/2002 - Mob informant scandal hit top levels of FBI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Boston, FBI agents responded by recruiting two hit men as informants and by forging an alliance with the Winter Hill Gang -- vicious thugs eager to seize control of the rackets from the Patriarca Mafia family.
		The nature of the arrangement, as disclosed in recent criminal proceedings: In return for information about the Mafia, Boston agents looked the other way as the Winter Hill Gang sold drugs, stole and murdered, even tipping them off when the state police and federal drug agents were on their trail.
		Yet in 1983, when Bulger was upgraded to ''top echelon'' informant, a field memo said he was ''the titular head of the Winter Hill mob and as such sits as an equal at the policy-making level'' with New England Mafia leaders.
	zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=4877786&BRD=1699&PAG=461&...&rfi=6 (2089 words)

	Winter Hill Gang Member Sentenced, Reports U.S. Attorney
		BOSTON, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A longtime Winter Hill Gang member was sentenced today in federal court.
		MARTORANO also provided information which assisted the authorities in recovering the remains of three individuals who had been murdered by members of the Winter Hill Gang.
		He was indicted in federal court in Boston in August of 1995 for racketeering and related charges connected to his continued participation in the gambling, loan sharking, and extortion activities of the Winter Hill Gang.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-24-2004/0002199801&EDATE= (440 words)

	Mass News: Gang wars?
		BOSTON (AP) - A gang war could erupt if reputed mobster Stephen ``The Rifleman'' Flemmi is ever released from jail, an investigator in the case believes.
		Members of the La Cosa Nostra are so angry that Flemmi, an alleged member of the once-powerful Winter Hill Gang, was an informant for the FBI that his release could spark a wave of violence, state police Lt. Thomas Duffy wrote in an affidavit released on Tuesday.
		Duffy's affidavit alleges that Weeks had been running the Winter Hill Gang since Bulger fled the state in January 1995 to avoid racketeering charges.
	www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/11_25_sb2.htm (423 words)

	Boston haunted by mobster who disappeared (Washington Post) -- Irish Media Watch Message Board
		The plot twists of Bulger's grisly reign atop Boston's Winter Hill Gang and his disappearance are as familiar to residents of this region as reruns of the "Godfather" trilogy.
		Stephen J. "The Rifleman" Flemmi, who led the Winter Hill Gang alongside Bulger and collaborated on many of the killings, was sentenced last January to life in prison.
		Foley, who said his department and the FBI led parallel and often competing investigations into the Winter Hill Gang for many years, said the victims' skepticism was justified.
	www.voy.com /14622/2300.html (1064 words)

	IGN: Stars Joining Winter Hill Gang?
		May 9, 2001 - According to The Boston Herald, a star-studded cast is being eyed for the Boston-based, true crime drama The Winter Hill Gang.
		The Winter Hill Gang will recall "the legendary feud between Buddy McLean and the McLaughlin Brothers – Eddie, Bernie and George – which led to a gangland bloodbath in Boston during the early-to mid-'60s." Over sixty hoods were slain in the one of the city's most vicious gang wars.
		The Winter Hill Gang derived their name from a neighborhood in the city of Somerville, which is just north of Boston.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/057/057845p1.html (274 words)

	USATODAY.com - Former FBI agent convicted of racketeering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bulger and Flemmi were leaders of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish crime syndicate that ran loansharking, gambling and drug operations in the Boston area.
		Connolly, who retired in 1990, denied any wrongdoing and claimed all of his dealings with Bulger and Flemmi were sanctioned by his supervisors at the FBI in their zeal to bring down the Mafia.
		John Martorano, a hitman who has confessed to at least 20 murders as a member of the Winter Hill Gang, also testified that Bulger gave Connolly a two-carat diamond ring that the agent then gave to his wife.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/05/28/fbi-agent-convicted.htm (673 words)

	IGN: Winter Hill Gang Nets True Crime Figures
		Cruise's banner C/W Productions is developing the true crime flick The Winter Hill Gang, which is based on the exploits of a now-defunct Boston organized crime outfit.
		Two factions of this "Irish Mafia" engaged in a bloody gang war from 1961-66; over fifty hoods were slain on the streets of Beantown.
		The Winter Hill Gang will be directed by Mark Rocco (Murder in the First), son of Godfather actor Alex Rocco.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/316/316304p1.html (1035 words)

	FreeSpeech.com: The Biggest Affront to Our American Values … (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Boston's powerful Winter Hill gang had so many crooked law enforcement officers on the payroll that a gang member once boasted of maintaining a $100,000 fund just to cover bribes.
		During many of the years the Winter Hill gang was consolidating its ruthless hold on Boston's rackets, Flemmi and Bulger were supposedly working as FBI informants.
		Weeks and John Martorano, another Winter Hill member now cooperating with authorities, said information the gang received from former Boston FBI agent John Connolly after the Wheeler assassination was responsible for the murders of two more men related to the jai alai industry.
	www.freespeech.com /archives/001095.html (2829 words)

	Banned in Boston
		And for 30 years their profitable gangland activities grew and murders committed by the Winter Hill Gang went uninvestigated.
		One of the Winter Hill leaders also happened to be a crime partner of Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme, the boss of the New England Mafia.
		A recent government investigation revealed that an FBI agent became so chummy with the Winter Hill mobsters that he warned them about a coming federal indictment back in 1995.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/060701/news.boston.shtml (1184 words)

	village voice > arts > Education Supplement by David Taylor
		Last September, when FBI agent John Connolly was sentenced to 10 years for racketeering, the story of how he allied the bureau with Boston's notorious Winter Hill gang was reported as a dark if heartwarming buddy story of two kids from Southie.
		Whitey Bulger, the Winter Hill gang's leader, funneled information to Connolly that helped build a case against his rivals, the Patriarcas.
		Basically, Connolly lost his leverage for freedom because he was too loyal to Winter Hill.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0303/edtaylor.php (1630 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Former Boston FBI agent arrested in connection with 1981 murder
		Investigators said Rico provided Martorano, a hit man for Boston's Winter Hill Gang, with Wheeler's schedule so he could be killed.
		Bulger, the boss of the Winter Hill Gang, Flemmi and Martorano were all charged in Wheeler's murder in 2001 by Oklahoma prosecutors.
		During Connolly's trial last year, prosecutors said Bulger and Flemmi were left untouched by law enforcement for decades because they were informing for the FBI on the New England Mafia, which is separate from the Winter Hill Gang.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20031010-0713-newenglandmob.html (755 words)

	NewStandard: 11/19/99
		BOSTON -- Two reputed mobsters faced racketeering charges yesterday as the government continued its assault on the once-powerful Winter Hill Gang led by fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger.
		The document also provides a broad outline of alleged criminal enterprises of the Winter Hill Gang, now referred to in court documents as the Bulger Group.
		In another victory for the government, admitted Winter Hill hit man John Martorano recently confessed to killing 20 people and agreed to testify against his former bosses in exchange for a sentence of as little as 12 years for his guilty pleas on murder, racketeering and race-fixing charges.
	www.s-t.com /daily/11-99/11-19-99/b06sr064.htm (656 words)

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