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Jun 7, 2012 · Howie Winter,the 83-year-old former powerful head of the Winter Hill Gang and the predecessor of gangster James “Whitey’’ Bulger, was arrested Thursday evening on charges of trying to extort ...
Howie Winter was born Howard Thomas Winter on Saint Patrick’s Day 1929 and is known for his role as the second leader of the Winter Hill Gang. The arrival of Irish immigrants into the United States was not welcomed. Discrimination against Irish immigrants continued and they became easy targets from other communities. Naturally, prejudice created support and alliance. The Irish immigrants ...
Nov 14, 2020 · SOMERVILLE, MA — Longtime Winter Hill gang leader Howie Winter died Thursday. He was 91 and had been living in Millbury. Winter was a looming figure in the Boston underworld in the 1960s and 70s ...
May 24, 2023 · Winter Hill is a section of Somerville, Massachusetts. Howie Winter is a person. The Winter Hill Gang was not named after Howie but the section of Somerville where Howie had a garage, Motorama Auto Sales, on Marshall Street. The garage is now a church. Howie’s group hung out there. Frank Salemme said he sent his…
Nov 12, 2020 · Howard Thomas Winter (March 17, 1929 – November 12, 2020) was an American mobster. He was a leader of the Winter Hill Gang. Winter was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 17, 1929. He was of German and Irish descent. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Winter died on November 12, 2020 at his home in Milbury, Massachusetts.[1][2] Winter was the right-hand man ...
Jun 9, 2012 · June 08, 2012 at 8:24 pm EDT. Howie Winter's arrest at the age of 83 is an unexpected twist in the life of a gangster many thought had given up the hard way of the streets for an anonymous existence in a quiet subdivision in Millbury. Seeing Howie Winter in Somerville District Court on Friday, it is hard to imagine the young man who eventually ...
Howie Winter. Howard Thomas Winter (March 17, 1929 – November 12, 2020) was an American mobster. He was a leader of the Winter Hill Gang. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was active from 1965 to 1979 when he went to jail for extortion. He was released in 1987. He was arrested again in 1993 after dealing cocaine.
