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Jul 26, 2022 · Kevin Kelly was a member of the Westies who joined the gang in the late 1970’s. He worked his way up through the ranks of the gang, starting off as an enforcer and debt collector. He would be used by the older members as muscle to collect their loans.
Aug 16, 1988 · The men, Kevin Kelly and Kenneth Shannon, appearing sun-tanned and rested, surrendered to F.B.I. agents at the United States Attorney's Office in lower Manhattan.
Apr 26, 2020 · Kevin Kelly effectively took over the day to day running of the Westies when Jimmy Coonan moved to New Jersey. Kevin Kelly and Kenny Shannon were involved in an assassination attempt, that would have also framed Mickey Featherstone for a murder, this would contribute to Featherstone becoming an informant and turning on his old gang.
Mar 17, 2019 · Kevin Kelly however was charged and found guilty for the 1984 murder of a Gambino Family associate, Vincent Leone, who tried to cheat the Westies and the Gambinos out of $30,000 in sports betting proceeds.
Jul 26, 2022 · By the 1980’s Kevin Kelly was involved in the Westies cocaine running operation in the bars on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. While Jimmy Coonan was in prison he sent word out through his wife Edna that Vincent Leone was to be killed.
The Westies were a New York City-based Irish American organized crime gang, responsible for racketeering, drug trafficking, and contract killing. They were partnered with the Italian-American Mafia and operated out of the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.
Aug 18, 1988 · Kevin Kelly and Kenneth Shannon, both 33, were turned over to federal authorities and held without bail on a racketeering indictment accusing them of murder, extortion and drug dealing.
