Philly Irish mob leader John Berkery dies at 91 K&A Gang boss linked to gambling, drugs, racketeering Fugitive years ended with arrest at Newark International Airport John Carlyle Berkery, a longtime Irish mob figure once labeled Philadelphia’s “Public Enemy No. 1” and an early boss of the K&A Gang, has died at 91, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. His family declined to provide details, the paper reported. John Berkery, mugshot above, was the leader of the K&A crew, a notorious Philly Irish mob outfit tied to gambling and drug rackets, and a former “Public Enemy No. 1.” (Image: Undated police mugshot) Berkery was most closely associated with the K&A crew, a North Philadelphia outfit that grew from burglary jobs into a sprawling network involved in methamphetamine trafficking and illegal gambling. Under his leadership in the 1960s and 1970s, the gang became a key cog in underground betting operations, bookmaking schemes, and labor racketeering that connected Philadelphia’s Irish mobsters with Italian…Â Read More
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