L.A. Noire Stories: Cohen Crime Syndicate. Mickey Cohen Crime Family.

Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen is a character in L.A. Noire. Cohen is one of main antagonists during Cole Phelps' time on the Vice desk, along with Courtney Sheldon. Meyer Harris Cohen was born on July 29, 1914 of a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City. Cohen was a boxer in his youth, he mentions this during his meeting with Jack Kelso and Courtney Sheldon. Mickey Cohen worked for Bugsy Siegel in Los Angeles. He was Bugsy's right hand man and after Siegel's death he took over his organization. Cohen is a powerful member of an organized crime syndicate spanning from Los Angeles to Chicago all the way back to his hometown of New York City. Always flanked by his right-hand man and bodyguard, Johnny Stompanato, Cohen is alleged to be the top kingpin of all the gangsters in Los Angeles, with a hand in the trade of everything from narcotics, to illegal weapons, to gambling. Cohen's main rival is Jack Dragna but the gang's main enemy in the game comes in the unlikely form of Courtney Sheldon and a group of former U.S. Marines who had stolen Army surplus morphine and were selling it to Cohen who said he would distribute it slowly which he didn't, this caused many deaths as Cohen was unaware of how powerful the Morphine was. Eventually Courtney asked his fellow war veteran and Company Sergeant Jack Kelso for help and they met with Cohen. Cohen was unimpressed with Kelso's attempt to threaten him and he ordered the deaths of Sheldon and the other Marines involved in the heist. Cohen's hitmen murdered four members of Courtney's group: Eddie McGoldrick, Chris Majewski, Walter Beckett and Michael Driscoll. Cohen's hitmen also tried to kill Felix Alvarro, Patrick Connolly, and John Higgins.