Notorious Boston mobster Stephen Flemmi was denied compassionate release by the Florida parole board Wednesday as he serves out his 26th year of a life sentence over numerous crimes.

William St. Croix Notorious Boston gangster Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, who is serving life sentences for 10 murders in Massachusetts, Florida, and Oklahoma, lost his bid for freedom Wednesday.

BOSTON – A Florida parole board denied a compassionate release for a former New England mobster serving time for 10 murders. Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, 87, is serving life sentences for ...

Stephen Davis, whose 26-year-old sister, Debra, was killed by Flemmi, spoke about the dangers he would pose to the public if he were to be released. “If this man is released in the public again ...

Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi wrote in a letter to an Oklahoma state court judge that prison medical staff say his age and underlying health conditions make it "highly likely" that he will "suffer ...

William St. Croix Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi cut a deal with the government decades ago that spared him the death penalty for his role in 10 murders in Massachusetts, Florida, and Oklahoma.

His former partner, Stephen The Rifleman Flemmi, testified against him. Both men are now in their 80s. WBUR special correspondent David Boeri was in the courtroom, and he joins us now to talk ...

BOSTON — Stephen Flemmi’s criminal career corrupted FBI agents, earned him a lifetime behind bars and established an indelible nickname: “The Rifleman.” He was involved in the murders of ...

Flemmi said on May 10, 1993, he walked in the backdoor of Salemme’s home in Sharon, Massachusetts, and saw Salemme’s son with DiSarro “by the throat, strangling him,” and codefendant Paul ...

Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi told jurors he walked into the home of then-Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme on May 10, 1993, and saw Salemme’s son strangling Steven DiSarro.

Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, a jailed Boston mob leader, testifies Sept. 22, 2008 in a Miami courtroom in the murder trial of former FBI agent John Connolly. (J. Pat Carter/AP) ...

BOSTON, Mass. (WPRI) – Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi scanned the packed courtroom but couldn’t identify the man with whom he spent decades committing crimes like extortion and murder.