By Howie Carr
Stevie "the Rifleman" Flemmi used to be for forty years probably the most feared gangsters in Boston, and for far of that point, he used to be the companion of Whitey Bulger, the 16-year fugitive with a $2 million gift on his head who was once captured in 2011. Flemmi has been convicted of 10 murders and took the 5th modification whilst requested approximately 10 others. His cohort, Bulger, is charged with 19 extra. Their hitman, John Martorano, used to be convicted of 20 others. Rifleman is the tale of Flemmi’s lifetime of crime, as advised to federal and country legislations enforcement after he pleaded responsible in 2003. the unique record that the e-book relies on is named a DEA 6, and it ran 146 unmarried spaced pages, masking dozens of extortions, attacks and murders, together with of his girlfriends, one in all whom was once additionally his universal legislations stepdaughter. The publication spans the years from the times of dime bets and fedora-wearing gangsters to the trendy international of highflying drug smugglers, who promised Flemmi and Bulger one million money each one in "protection money" for each boatload of gear they can deliver into Boston Harbor. in addition to Flemmi’s statements, the textual content contains Carr’s notations at any time when Flemmi seems to be stretching the reality, that's usually. Supplementing the textual content are on the subject of three hundred images from Carr’s personal assortment, a treasure trove of mugshots and noir-style photographs of slain gunmen, hoods being taken into courtroom below protect, in addition to never-before-seen sought after posters and FBI records. this is often actually a must have for any actual Crime fan, a mix police procedural and a espresso desk ebook of unforgettable pictures. Flemmi, now seventy eight, is serving a existence sentence at a reformatory the Bureau of Prisons declines to spot. he's anticipated to be a massive witness within the federal trial of Whitey Bulger, that is scheduled to start in Boston June 6.
About the Author
Howie Carr is the writer of 2 ny instances bestsellers, The Brothers Bulger and Hitman. earlier than Bulger fled in 1994, Carr was once such an implacable foe of the serial killing gangster that Whitey attempted to kill him as he left his condo in suburban Boston—an incident said in 2006 on 60 mins. Whitey’s more youthful brother, Billy Bulger, then the president of the Massachusetts country Senate, publicly mentioned Carr as "the savage." Carr can also be the host of a regular syndicated four-hour radio application heard all through New England, and is a member of the nationwide Radio corridor of popularity in Chicago. He gained a countrywide journal Award in 1985 for essays and feedback in Boston journal.
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By the time Jennifer Levin had been dead a week, people throughout the city were discussing the case at their breakfast tables, on their coffee breaks, on supermarket lines. And at parties and dinners the subject of what had actually happened between Jennifer and Robert was a principal topic of conversation. The media fed the public’s obsession. What was quickly dubbed “the preppie murder” became front-page and top-of-the-hour news, and battalions of reporters marched forth to dig up any information, however peripheral, that would shed light on the principals and their circle of fun-loving pampered city teenagers.
She was Arlene Voorhust, a young Catholic woman who had been widowed and had no children. Jennifer thought her beautiful. Not that her mother wasn’t beautiful, too. In fact, Arlene and Ellen Levin looked something alike. But Arlene was darker, slimmer, more glamorous. Jennifer admired her. But like many little girls who imagine when their fathers divorce their mothers that they have won the Oedipal battle only to discover they have a new rival for their father’s love, she also resented her. When she was eight, Steve and Arlene married.
In Merrick, four-year-old Jennifer was displaying a passion for dress-up and, once in costume, would strut and sing and spin around like a whirling human top. Sometimes she was a bit too lively. The mothers of playmates found her hyperactive and difficult to control. One mother mentioned this to Jennifer’s father, and he suggested that when Jennifer visited she be given diet soda instead of Pepsi or Coke, because sugar overstimulated her. But Jennifer’s frivolity served her well. It brought her attention, friends.