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'''James "Jim" Fitzgerald''' is a character in the GTA IV era, appearing in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[The Lost and Damned]].

Jim Fitzgerald was born in [[1963]] and raised in [[Acter]], [[Alderney]], as were most other members of [[The Lost]]. According to [[Clay Simons]], Jim was once a US Marine as early as 1981 (when he would have been 18) but was kicked out, a claim that Jim did not comment on. Jim also married a woman named Jackie at an unspecified time.

Jim's criminal record dates back to 1987, when he was arrested for assault at age 24. He was likely a member of [[The Lost ]]by this time. As he worked his way up from a prospect to a senior member of the gang, two theft charges followed in the next six years. He later met [[Billy Grey]] and [[Johnny Klebitz]], who were childhood friends of each other and both began very aggressive criminal lifestyles at only 16. Jim became very close friends with Johnny, who was 12 years younger and likely saw him as a role model. He viewed Billy, however, as very foolish and never became as well connected to him. Despite their young ages, Billy and Johnny worked their way up to become president and vice president, respectively, of the chapter. Jim was perfectly content and not jealous, and became their treasurer as well as an unofficial advisor to Johnny. Both he and Johnny were opposed to the war with the [[The Angels of Death|Angels of Death]] biker gang, which dated back to 1982 and was reignited under Billy's leadership, but complied out of loyalty. He was arrested in 1999 and 2005 for cooking meth and larceny, respectively, and his wife Jackie had a baby around the same time.

In 2008, Billy was arrested for heroin and was sent to rehab, during which Johnny became the gang's acting president. Billy had been excessively violent towards the AOD, including one incident in which he put [[Joe Jon|Joe Jon's]] nephew in a coma, which directed Johnny to give Billy's [[Revenant]] motorcycle to the AOD as a peace offering. That same year, Billy returned from rehab and became president again, and Jim/Johnny did not like the way Billy was taking the gang. As tensions and arguments over leadership between Billy and Johnny escalated, Billy was eventually [[This Shit's Cursed|arrested in a failed heroin deal]]. Billy blamed Johnny for snitching on him to the police, although it is [[Chinese Takeout|later revealed]] that Billy conspired with the heroin buyers to kill Johnny. [[Brian Jeremy]], Billy's most loyal and sycophantic follower, [[End of Chapter|wages a civil war]] against Jim and Johnny's faction with a noticeably larger faction of other Billy loyalists. Jim had befriended [[Pegorino Family]] [[Ray Boccino]], who assisted Johnny in [[Bad Standing|killing Brian]].