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| - McElroy was born in 1945 in the Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan area of New York City. He rose through the ranks of the Westies operating in counterfeiting, extortion and murder during the 70s and 80s. A former boxer turned drug dealer, McElroy was known for being the driver of the infamous "meat wagon" (a large van used by the mob to transport dismembered body parts). Under the control of Jimmy Coonan he became the third highest-ranking member of the Westies during that time. McElroy also had his violent tendencies, he once took a friend to the 79th Street boat basin and shot him in the mouth. On another occasion, a man who was thought to be skimming money from a union, without properly sharing it with the Westies overlords, was driven by McElroy to New Jersey. Someone in the back of the car sh
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| - McElroy was born in 1945 in the Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan area of New York City. He rose through the ranks of the Westies operating in counterfeiting, extortion and murder during the 70s and 80s. A former boxer turned drug dealer, McElroy was known for being the driver of the infamous "meat wagon" (a large van used by the mob to transport dismembered body parts). Under the control of Jimmy Coonan he became the third highest-ranking member of the Westies during that time. McElroy also had his violent tendencies, he once took a friend to the 79th Street boat basin and shot him in the mouth. On another occasion, a man who was thought to be skimming money from a union, without properly sharing it with the Westies overlords, was driven by McElroy to New Jersey. Someone in the back of the car shot the accused thief five or six times — but failed to use a silencer or open the windows, causing McElroy to complain that his ears were ringing for days. By 1990, McElroy had turned Government witness to avoid serious jail time or being killed and testified against John Gotti to get a reduction on his racketeering conviction, stating that he acted on orders from the Gambino crime family boss when assaulting a Carpenter's Union official three blocks down from the Hudson River piers. Gotti was acquitted on all charges and McElroy spent the rest of his life in prison. He died in May, 2011 in federal custody, his body was transferred to New York where a funeral procession was held at The Church of the Holy Cross in the renamed Clinton neighborhood. The same place he and the Westies gained their reputation.
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