James Michael Coonan (born December 21, 1946) is an American mobster and racketeer from Manhattan, New York who served as the boss of the Westies gang...
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Westies (section Spillane–Coonan wars)
enforcer), James McElroy, was acquitted of the murder of a Teamster in 1980. Although both Westies leaders were imprisoned in 1980 — Coonan on gun possession...
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television presenter James Coonan (born 1946), Irish-American gangster Daniel Coonan (born 1974), English stage and television actor Walter Coonan (1853–1926)...
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crime syndicate from Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in New York City, led by James Coonan. Featherstone committed several mob killings before he was convicted...
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Roy DeMeo (category James Madison High School (Brooklyn) alumni)
project. After the unsolved murder of Spillane in May 1977, Westies leader James Coonan assumed control of the Irish mob rackets on the West Side of Manhattan...
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alliance was set in a meeting between Castellano and Westies leader James Coonan. According to Westies gangster Mickey Featherstone, Castellano gave them...
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The most prominent members have included Eddie McGrath, James Coonan, Mickey Featherstone, James McElroy, and Edward Cummiskey. In the Irish/Italian Mob...
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Spillane and the Genovese crime family as well as the gang war against James Coonan. Devaney was an exhibition worker on the West Side who was murdered by...
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Richard Christy (born 1974), comedian, radio personality, and musician James Coonan (born 1946), mobster Marlon Craft (born 1993), rapper Larry David (born...
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New York: Da Capo Press, 1998. ISBN 0-306-80821-8 Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool (2009) The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. The University...
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