James Coonan

James Coonan

Infobox_Criminal
subject_name = James Coonan


image_size = 150px
image_caption =
date_of_birth = Birth date and age|1946|12|21|mf=y
place_of_birth = New York City
date_of_death =
place_of_death =
charge = Racketeering
penalty = Imprisonment until 2036
status = incarcerated
occupation = gangster
spouse = Edna

James "Jimmy C" Coonan (b. December 21, 1946) is an Irish-American mobster and racketeer from Manhattan, New York who is currently serving a 75 year prison term.

Biography

James Coonan was born and grew up with several siblings in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan, the son of an accountant. When Coonan was a young man, Mickey Spillane, a well-known mobster, kidnapped his father. Fact|date=April 2008 He frequently did this to merchants in the area, and would ransom them back to family. His father was pistol-whipped and severely beaten. After, Coonan nursed a powerful grudge against Spillane. Coonan formed a more powerful crew and took the neighborhood over from Spillane. Spillane eventually went into in hiding and was killed by the Gambino crime family as a favor to Coonan. Mickey Featherstone was Coonan's right-hand man.

Coonan was arrested in the mid 1980's on numerous charges, many dismissed, including counterfeiting. He later arrested and acquitted for the murder of Harold Whitehead. He was convicted and sentenced to four years in federal prison on weapons charges. He was paroled in 1984 but was eventually tried and convicted in 1988, for 75 years under RICO when Featherstone became a informant.

He lived with his wife, Edna, in Hazlet, New Jersey before his conviction. He is currently serving 75 years for racketeering and has been denied parole. Fact|date=March 2008

ources

*"The Westies", T.J. English (1991) St. Martin's Paperbacks ISBN 0-312-92429-1
*"Murder Machine", Gene Mustaine (1993) Onyx Books ISBN 0-451-40387-8

External links

* [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=coonan&Middle=&FirstName=james&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0] Federal Bureau of Prisons website]
* [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB51148022CF2F3&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=G5CS57HOMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg] "The Record (Bergen County)", July 20, 1986] . Accessed August 13, 2007.
* [http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/briefs/1989/sg890417.txt] James and Edna Coonan's 1989 appeal brief
* [http://www.angelfire.com/blog/organizedcrime/westies/coonan.html] American Organized Crime - The Westies - James "Jimmy C" Coonan
* [http://www.angelfire.com/blog/organizedcrime/westsidestory.html] American Organized Crime - Famous Cases - Operation West Side Story


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Coonan — is a surname and may refer to Helen Coonan (born 1947), Australian politician Donal Coonan (born 1981), British internet personality and television presenter James Coonan (born 1946), Irish American gangster Daniel Coonan (born 1974), English… …   Wikipedia

  • Noel Coonan — TD Teachta Dála Incumbent Assumed office May 2007 Constituency Tipperary North …   Wikipedia

  • The Westies — Westies redirects here. For other uses see Westie (disambiguation) .The Westies are a predominantly Irish American organized crime association operating from the Hell s Kitchen area of Manhattan s West Side in New York City. They were most… …   Wikipedia

  • The Westies — The Westies, auch als West Side Irish Mob bezeichnet, war eine hauptsächlich von Irisch Amerikanern dominierte Bande im organisierten Verbrechen von New York City. Der Name war entstanden, weil sie vor allem im westlichen Stadtteil Hell’s Kitchen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • West Side Irish Mob — The Westies, auch als West Side Irish Mob bezeichnet, waren eine hauptsächlich Irisch Amerikanern dominierte Bande im organisierten Verbrechen von New York City. Der Name war entstanden, weil sie vor allem im westlichen Stadtteil Hell’s Kitchen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Westies — The Westies, auch als West Side Irish Mob bezeichnet, waren eine hauptsächlich Irisch Amerikanern dominierte Bande im organisierten Verbrechen von New York City. Der Name war entstanden, weil sie vor allem im westlichen Stadtteil Hell’s Kitchen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Irish Mob — The Irish Mob is one of the oldest organized crime groups in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century. Originating in Irish American street gangs, as immortalized in Herbert Asbury s 1926 book The Gangs of New York , the Irish …   Wikipedia

  • Roy DeMeo — Roy Albert DeMeo FBI mugshot, July 14, 1981 Born September 7, 1942(1942 09 07) Brooklyn, New York, USA Died January 10, 1983 …   Wikipedia

  • Donald Frankos — Donald Tony the Greek George Frankos, November 10, 1938 Hackensack, New Jersey, was a Greek Italian contract killer and mob associate of the Lucchese crime family, who later became a government witness.[1] Donald was born to George Argiri Frango… …   Wikipedia

  • Keansburg, New Jersey — Infobox Settlement official name = Keansburg, New Jersey settlement type = Borough nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Map of Keansburg in Monmouth County. Inset …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”