robberies to raise money for the IRA. He was arrested by the FBI during an armored car robbery in Abington, Massachusetts on January 13, 1990; he was masked and in possession of another machine gun, which again carried a mandatory life sentence. He was sentenced to 37 years in federal prison (Register Number: 15909-038) but released on April 25, 2000. Federal sentencing guidelines prohibited early release or credit for "good behavior" in a federal prison. The US Attorney's Office in Boston has refused to explain Nee's early release and why they failed to oppose it. In 2003, US Attorneys Fred Wyshak and Brian Kelly immunized Nee's associate Steven "The Rifleman" Flemmi and participated in Flemmi's debriefing. At that time, Wyshak and Kelly learned from Flemmi that Nee had participated in another homicide in January 1985. The victim, Deborah Hussey, was lured to Nee's house at 799 East Third Street in South Boston. She was strangled to death and buried in Nee's cellar, alongside Barrett and McIntyre. Wyshak and Kelly learned Nee had participated in burying another murder victim, Deborah Davis, in 1981. Wyshak and Kelly did not charge Nee in any of these crimes, nor in the Donohue and Halloran murders. Current status Patrick Nee currently works as a union laborer in Boston. References Resources T. J. English, Paddy Whacked; The Untold Story of the Irish-American Gangster, 2005. Patrick Nee, A Criminal and an Irishman, 2006. External links 1944 births Living people American gangsters of Irish descent American gangsters Gangsters from Boston Irish emigrants to the United States Irish gangsters Irish republicans People from County Galway People with acquired American citizenship United States Marines Winter Hill Gang Writers from Boston People from South Boston Writers from County Galway