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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, an Irish mob group based in Hell's Kitchen, from approximately 1977 to 1988. Coonan was incarcerated and began serving a 75-year prison term in 1988.
Aug 24, 2023 · As head of the notorious Westies, he terrorized Hell’s Kitchen and beyond – now an ailing James “Jimmy” Coonan, 76, wants to be released… and to live in New Jersey. At a hearing on Friday in the Southern District of New York District Court, Coonan’s lawyers asked for his remaining term of imprisonment to be modified to home ...
James Coonan, 76, was dubbed ‘the personification of horror’ for his 20-year reign of terror over Manhattan’s now upscale far-west side.
James Coonan is currently serving his 60 year sentence in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. Back to Crime Library. James Coonan was born December 21, 1946 in Manhattan, New York. The son of an accountant for famous mobsters, Coonan was no stranger to the criminal lifestyle.
Mar 22, 2023 · Paul Castellano, who was the Godfather of the Gambinos, requested a meeting in an Italian restaurant with the leader of the Westies, Jimmy Coonan, in an attempt to reel in the gang’s worst...
May 22, 2024 · Jimmy Coonan became Hell’s Kitchen’s most powerful Irish American mobster after the death of Mickey Spillane in 1977.
Apr 5, 1987 · By December, the Manhattan District Attorney had enough information to obtain indictments against six Westies and their confederates, including the gang's leader, Jimmy Coonan, who was arrested...
Jimmy Coonan was a notorious Irish-American gangster who led the Westies, a small but violent organized crime syndicate based in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Under his leadership, the Westies engaged in extortion, drug trafficking, and murder, terrorizing the local community for years.
Apr 8, 1990 · Until it did, Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone ruled with frightening effectiveness. Consequently, their story contains a murder on an average of every few days, most portrayed in...
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Nov 15, 2011 · It’s men like Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone who gave Hell’s Kitchen its name. In the mid-1970s, these two longtime friends take the reins of New York’s Irish mob, using brute force to give...
