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Vincent James Flemmi (September 5, 1935 – October 16, 1979), also known as "Jimmy The Bear", was an American mobster who freelanced for the Winter Hill Gang and the Patriarca crime family. He was also a longtime informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation .
Feb 11, 2024 · In January 1983, the FBI received information about the Hamilton case from one of its most prized and highly protected informants, Boston crime boss Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi.
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Jul 29, 2007 · One of the real killers was Vincent “Jimmy the Bear” Flemmi, but the FBI gave him a pass, even though they knew he was one of the shooters, because he was one of their informants.
According to a report filed by FBI agent H. Paul Rico on March 10, 1965, two days before Deegan's murder, FBI criminal informant Vincent Flemmi was quoted as saying that he had been in conversation with some of Deegan's associates and they had agreed to set him up to be murdered.
Aug 25, 2002 · Two gangsters, Joseph Barboza and Vincent Flemmi, wanted Mr. Patriarca's permission to kill a small-time hoodlum, Edward Deegan, ''as they were having a problem with him,'' according to an...
Vincent James Flemmi. Birth Date: September 5, 1935. Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts. Death Date: October 16, 1979. Place of Death: Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Age: 44. Cause of Death: Drug overdose - heroin. Cemetery Name: Milton Cemetery. Claim to Fame: Crime and their Victims.
Stephen Joseph Flemmi (born June 9, 1934) is an American gangster and convicted murderer and was a close associate of Winter Hill Gang boss Whitey Bulger. Beginning in 1975, Flemmi was a top echelon informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
