The Flathead Gang, also known as The Flatheads, was a group of bank robbers. The gang was operating in the Detroit, Michigan area. When the police became a major problem for the gang they decided to move their robberies and other crimes to the state of Pennsylvania. Paul Jaworski, the leader of the gang was executed in Pennsylvania in 1929 for murder.[1]
The Flatheads name first showed up on public record in 1927 when then Flatheads leader Paul Jaworski committed the nation's first armored car robbery. The gang received the most public exposure when they were involved in the payroll robbery involving the Detroit News offices.[2]
1. Paul Kavieff, The Violent Years: Prohibition and the Detroit Mobs (Gangsters and Rum Runners) Barricade Books (2001). ISBN 1-56980-210-6
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Organized crime groups in Detroit
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| Italian American Mafia |
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| Jewish Mob |
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| Polish-American Mob |
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| African American Mob |
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| Outlaw motorcycle gangs |
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| Hispanic-American groups |
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| Middle Eastern American groups |
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