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Mattapan (/ ˈmætəpæn /) is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Mattapan is the original Native American name for the Dorchester area, [1] possibly meaning "a place to sit." [2] At the 2010 census, it had a population of 36,480, with the majority of its population immigrants. Like other neighborhoods of the late 19th and ...
The Patriarca crime family (/ ˌpætriˈɑːrkə /, Italian pronunciation: [patriˈarka]), also known as the New England Mafia, the Boston Mafia, the Providence Mafia or the Office, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family operating in New England. The family consists of two distinct factions, one based in Providence, Rhode Island, and the ...
July 16, 2024 at 5:02 AM. STOUGHTON — Christian Cousins, the 17-year-old Stoughton High School senior who was fatally shot in Mattapan, is being remembered by family and friends as a dedicated ...
Drug trafficking, robbery and murder. Allies. Mascot Street Killas. Rivals. Norfolk street Bulls, Morse Street County [2] Lucerne Street Doggz are a street gang in the Lucerne Street area of Mattapan neighborhood in Boston. [3] In 2006 Lucerne Street Gang was involved in 37 shootings in Boston counting for 10% of all shootings that year.
In the early 1990s, Dorchester, along with Roxbury and Mattapan neighborhoods, had the highest percentage of victims with violence-related injuries. Since the early 2000s, crime rates across Boston declined. In the first three months of 2013, Boston crime rates reportedly dropped 15 percent, compared to the same time period in 2012. [89]
Patriarca crime family (specifically the Angiulos) The Winter Hill Gang was a loose confederation of organized crime figures in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. It was generally considered an Irish Mob organization, with most gang members and the leadership consisting predominantly of Irish-Americans, though some notable members, such as Johnny ...
The Lenox Street Boys also known as the "Lenox Street Cardinals" are one of the oldest and most dangerous street gangs in Boston, Massachusetts. The gang originated in the Lenox Street Projects in the Tremont section of Roxbury, Boston. The gang has been visible on Boston Police's radar since the mid-1980s as they terrorized local stores and ...
James "Jimmy" O'Toole was born to the first generation of Irish immigrants from County Cork, Ireland. He was a close friend of the leader of the Winter Hill Gang of Somerville, Massachusetts, James "Buddy" McLean. He was targeted for assassination by the McLaughlin Brothers gang (the Charlestown Mob) of Charlestown, when a Cambridge Winter Hill ...