Kevin T. Hanrahan (June 25, 1953-September 18, 1992) was a Providence mobster and freelance enforcer for the Patriarca crime family. A longtime criminal in southern New England's underworld, Hanrahan was often used by the Patriarca's for collections and assault in Federal Hill and suspected by authorities to have been involved in numerous gangland slayings throughout the 1970s and 80s (specifically the murder of Raymond "Slick" Vecchio). He would be in and out of prison during the 1980s on charges including jury tampering, intimidating witnesses, drug trafficking and counterfeiting.

Hanrahan gained notoriety in 1975 when, after being shot in the chest by an unidentified gunman while at the Club Aries, he refused to identify the gunman when questioned by police who responded at the scene.

In 1990, Hanrahan was involved with "Cadillac" Frank Salemme, Timothy J. Mello, Gordon O'Brien and William Anthony in a plot to kidnap Patriarca bookmaker Blaise Marfeo outside his restaurant in East Providence, Rhode Island. Hanrahan was able to flee the scene before being discovered by police after his accomplices were arrested, however he was implicated by Anthony and was forced to turn himself in the following day.

Hanrahan would spend the next two years with Mello, a fellow inmate at Walpole State Prison, and would lure local drug dealers to an abandoned warehouse where they would be beaten and robbed. Hanrahan continued his activities with Mello for two years until his death when, after dining with businessman Paulie Calenda, police informant Bobby Buehne and others, he was shot and killed by two gunman on the corner of Atwells Avenue while walking to Federal Hill's The Arch in North Providence on the night of September 18, 1992 [1]. Although he had told friends he was expecting a "big score", it is suspected Hanrahan may have been a victim of the war between the Providence and Boston factions of the Patriarca crime family.

Gordon O'Brien is a Taunton mobster and associate for the Patriarca crime family. Long a presence in southern New England's underworld, O'Brien had extensive contacts with the Patriacra's in Federal Hill and, with Kevin Hanrahan, helped Fall River mobster Timothy J. Mello make connections with the Patriarca's. As early as 1990, O'Brien was under survailance by federal agents where he was observed with Mello at a 1990 meeting with "Cadillac" Frank Salemme regarding illegal gambing.

In August 1990, O'Brien was arrested with Salemme, Mello and freelance contract killer William Anthony in a plot to kidnap Patriarca bookmaker Blaise Marfeo outside his restaurant in East Providence, Rhode Island.

O'Brien is currently serving a state prison sentence for smuggling heroin to Martha's Vineyard.

Kevin was shot and killed on Atwells Ave on Federal Hill and had been shot numerous times in his life. His Irish luck ran out that night which was suspiciously close to the anniversary date of when they tried to kidnap Blase Marfeo, who's brother Willie had been gunned down 20 years earlier in Decataur SQ off Broadway in Providence probably with RAY LS's approval. But Blase ususally a car salesman is still active and maybe one of the half dozen or so made guys left in RI. Most are ancient.