THE COPS
SGT. GARY WHEARY
Chief of undercover operations at Asbury Park Police Department. Wheary was a decorated cop but a male chauvinist. He begrudgingly teamed Jo Sue with a known prostitute who could open doors for her. Wheary may have thrown Jo Sue into the deep water, but she survived and he learned to embrace the here and now to work with female officers.
PAT HYNES
The “Frank Serpico” of New Jersey. Hynes was a long-haired undercover ATF agent in Trenton. He took a risk and asked the rookie, Jo Sue, to pose as his girlfriend in a simple gun buy. Years later Hynes shows up in New York to help Jo Sue turn around a dysfunctional group of agents.
WALT WASYLICK
A bona-fide ATF SuperAgent. When Jo Sue uncovered a mob connected biker gang in New Jersey he was assigned to help her work the case. He put Jo Sue in the lead.
DONALD COX
Division Chief of the Trenton ATF office. Cox made life miserable for Jo Sue. She calls him an “asshole.”
DARRYL O’CONNOR
Fellow ATF agent in Philadelphia. Worked undercover on the New Zulu Nation case.
THE INFORMANTS
LARRY STAFFORD
Asbury Park pimp. Informant. Said he wanted to work with Jo Sue to “clean up the place”
HELEN MEYERS
Larry’s white girlfriend. Informant. Jo Sue’s “cousin” on the street.
ROBERT “BOBBY” OELENSCHLAGER
Former meth dealer. Arrested in the Medford Lakes raid and turned valuable informant.
ALICIA COCCIA
Arrested along with her husband, Adam, during the raid on Hickstown Road. Tall and striking, she turned informant and gave evidence in the murder of John McCollough and against Louis Giambi.
JOHN “MUTLEY” DEFRANK
Former leader of the Pagans motorcycle gang in South Jersey. Became a critical informant against Louis Giambi for the murders of the Stuart family.
THE KILLERS and CRIMINALS
LOUIS GIAMBI
The King of Meth in South Jersey. Low-level mafia soldier. Convicted for killing the Stuart family. Given a life sentence.
ADAM COCCIA
Leader of the Hickstown Road gang. Known mafia member.
DAVID WENNER
Convicted for murdering Jay Cloran.
ANGELO BRUNO
Former boss of the Philadelphia crime family. Assassinated
PHILIP “CHICKEN MAN” TESTA
Succeeded Angelo Bruno as the head of the mafia families in Philadelphia. Put the hit on John McCullough. Killed by a pipe bomb.
NICODEMO “LITTLE NICKY” SCARFO
Succeeded Testa. Led the mob’s racketeering efforts to control gambling in Atlantic City. Ordered the hit on McCullough.
WILLARD MORAN JR.
Convicted for murdering John McCullough.
JAY CLORAN
Meth cooker. Friend of Louis Giambi and implicated in the plot that led to the accidental killing of the Stuart family. Murdered (possibly by Louis Giambi).
GLENFORD “EARLY BIRD” PHIPPS
AND TOYWELL “COW” PHILLIPS
Two Jamaican-born leaders of the Spangler Posse in Sugar Hill.
EDWARD “EASY” BRACY
Shot and killed a Philadelphia police officer with an illegal handgun bought from Ruben Floyd.
RUBEN FLOYD
Philadelphia’s biggest gun runner. Convicted for gun distribution. Murdered while unarmed.
CLEO “OMAR” JAMES
Convicted for murder at age 15. Released and created a powerful new gang in North Philadelphia called the New Zulu Nation.
THE MURDER VICTIMS
JOHN MCCULLOUGH
Corrupt Roofer’s Union President. Assassinated by Willard Moran
WILLIAM, CATHERINE AND SANDRA STUART
Innocent family members murdered in cold blood by Louis Giambi.
PATROLMAN DANIEL BOYLE
Murdered while on patrol. Shot with one of Ruben Floyd’s guns
