Howie Carr; ‘Rifleman’: Whitey, Stevie were kings of the scam

Stevie “the Rifleman” Flemmi

Second of three excerpts from Howie Carr’s new book, “Rifleman: The Untold Story of Stevie Flemmi, Whitey Bulger’s Partner.”

Blackfriars massacre shocked the city in ’78

Gangster Stevie “the Rifleman” Flemmi is due back in Boston in June to testify in his longtime underworld partner Whitey Bulger’s federal murder trial. In today’s excerpt from my new book, “Rifleman,” based on Flemmi’s 2003 confessions, he details some of Whitey’s scams: read with Howie Carr Video   on  Boston Herald