GUILTY MA - Mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger charged with murder, racketeering

[OkieGranny]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...girlfriend-catherine-greig-boston-mob-murders

In the end, the former dental hygienist who ran away with Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger and helped keep him hidden for 16 years was more loyal to the mob than any man.

A federal judge ordered Catherine Greig, 65, to spend another 21 months in prison for refusing to tell a grand jury if anyone helped the couple while on the run... “History will remember Bulger as a monster and if she is loyal to that kind of monster, that’s her affair,” the judge said.

Already serving an eight-year sentence for hiding Bulger, Greig won’t be eligible for release until 2021.

 

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A former FBI agent pleaded guilty Monday to lying on the stand during Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger's trial.

Robert Fitzpatrick, 76, was accused of lying to jurors and overstating his professional accomplishments during Bulger's 2013 racketeering trial. He pleaded guilty in federal court to six counts each of perjury and obstruction of justice.

Fitzpatrick, who had been second-in-command of the FBI's Boston division during Bulger's bloody reign, was the first witness Bulger's lawyers called during the high-profile trial.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-fbi-agent-plead-guilty-to-perjury-during-bulger-trial/

 

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Some things seem to capture the public perception of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger’s life: a sterling silver “psycho killer” skull ring, a rat-shaped pencil holder, a stack of books about the mafia.

But others tell of a mundane, domestic life in hiding with his longtime girlfriend: a coffee pot, a muffin pan, a few dozen T-shirts and pajamas.

Hundreds of items from both sides of Bulger’s life are going on the auction block Saturday as the federal government attempts to raise money for the families of his victims, including 20 people killed by Bulger and his gang and several extortion victims.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-n...bulger-items-go-auction-block-boston-saturday

 

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A former high-ranking FBI agent was sentenced Friday to two years of probation for lying on the witness stand during Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger's racketeering trial.

Robert Fitzpatrick, 76, was the assistant special agent in charge of the Boston FBI office from 1981 to 1986, during a time when Bulger led a violent gang responsible for more than a dozen murders and simultaneously worked as an FBI criminal informant.

http://m.wcvb.com/news/exfbi-agent-to-be-sentenced-for-bulger-trial-perjury/41064022

 

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Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his case.

Bulger was convicted in 2013 on racketeering charges for playing a role in 11 murders and committing a litany of other crimes. He's currently serving a life sentence.

Hank Brennan, Bulger's attorney, told WBUR in an interview on Wednesday that his client did not receive a fair trial because Bulger was not allowed to discuss his claim that a now-deceased federal prosecutor had granted him immunity.

http://www.wbur.org/news/2016/08/17/bulger-supreme-court-appeal

 

[Seattle1]

The Boston Globe‏Verified account @BostonGlobe
The killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger at a West Virginia prison Tuesday was at least the third killing at the facility this year, according to media reports.

12:17 PM - 30 Oct 2018

The Boston Globe‏Verified account @BostonGlobe
Photos: James “Whitey” Bulger in custody

12:37 PM - 30 Oct 2018

 

[Seattle1]

12:26 PM - 30 Oct 2018

The following is a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons on the death of James “Whitey” Bulger:

“On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at approximately 8:20 a.m., inmate James Bulger was found unresponsive at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Hazelton, in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. Life-saving measures were initiated immediately by responding staff. Mr. Bulger was subsequently pronounced dead by the Preston County Medical Examiner.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified and an investigation has been initiated. No staff or other inmates were injured, and at no time was the public in danger.

Mr. Bulger was an 89 year-old male who was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to a Life sentence for Racketeering Conspiracy, Racketeering, Extortion Conspiracy, Money Laundering, Possession of Unregistered Machine Guns, Transfer and Possession of Machine Guns, Possession of Firearms with Obliterated Serial Numbers, and Possession of Machine Guns in Furtherance of a Violent Crime. He had been in custody at USP Hazelton since October 29, 2018.

USP Hazelton is a high security facility that currently houses 1,270 male offenders at Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Hazelton.”

Read the statement on James ‘Whitey’ Bulger from the Federal Bureau of Prisons - The Boston Globe

 

[Seattle1]

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s killing is just the latest in a string of troubling violence for W.Va. prison - The Boston Globe

Oct 30, 2018

The killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger at a West Virginia prison Tuesday was at least the third at the facility this year, according to media reports.

One inmate was killed in a fight just last month and another inmate was killed in a fight in the spring at the maximum-security USP Hazelton. Each incident sparked an outcry from federal lawmakers and union officials about violence and inadequate staffing at the prison.

 

[Dr. Benway]

WV - Infamous Boston mobster James Bulger killed in prison

 

[Seattle1]

Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is killed behind bars | Daily Mail Online

REVEALED: Murdered wheelchair-bound mob boss Whitey Bulger, 89, was 'wheeled away from security cameras by three inmates with mafia ties before they beat him to death with a lock in a sock and tried to gouge his eyes out'

• James Joseph 'Whitey' Bulger Jr, 89, was killed in prison overnight on Tuesday
• He was reportedly beaten with a lock in a sock and had his eyes partly gouged
• Bulger had recently been transferred to USP Hazelton in West Virginia
• He was slain inside the prison in Bruceton Mills shortly after the transfer
• Sources tell DailyMail.com Bulger was about to dish on FBI informant program
• Fellow inmate with connections to the Mafia is under investigation in the murder
• Bulger was notoriously said to be an FBI informant but had always denied it
• Correction officers' union at the prison complained of chronic under-staffing
• There were at least three homicides at Hazelton in recent months, union says
• Bulger was at the top of the FBI's most wanted for 16 years until his 2011 arrest
• Character Frank Costello in the 2006 film The Departed was based on Bulger

By MICHELA FREDA and KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and REUTERS

PUBLISHED: 12:38 EDT, 30 October 2018 | UPDATED: 16:12 EDT, 30 October 2018

 

[dotr]

Why would they try to gouge out Bulger's eyes, does that have some particular meaning?

 

[Seattle1]

The Latest: Bulger's lawyer blames prison bureau for death

BRUCETON MILLS, W. Va. — The Latest on the death of Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger (all times local):


5 p.m.

A lawyer who represented James "Whitey" Bulger is blaming the notorious Boston gangster's death on decisions made by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Attorney J.W. Carney Jr. said in a statement Tuesday that Bulger "was sentence to life in prison, but as a result of decisions by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, that sentenced has been changed to the death penalty."

Carney said he had no further comment.

Emails were left with prison bureau spokespeople.

The Latest: Bulger's lawyer blames prison bureau for death

 

[Seattle1]

Why would they try to gouge out Bulger's eyes, does that have some particular meaning?

Mob justice. (i.e., eyes, tongue)

 

[Seattle1]

'I have to defend myself or they'll kill me': Whitey Bulger told pen pal he feared for his life after being stabbed behind bars, as questions mount about mobster's mysterious transfer to prison with 'culture of violence' where he was murdered in gen pop

• James 'Whitey' Bulger, 89, was beaten to death inside USP Hazelton on Tuesday
• He was transferred there the day prior for reasons that remain unclear
• Bulger was placed in general population rather than a protective or medical unit
• Attack took place around 6am when group of inmates entered Bulger's cell
• Bulger reportedly had his eyes partly gouged out and tongue cut out in attack
• Sources tell DailyMail.com Bulger was about to dish on FBI informant program
• Bulger served as an informant dating back to 1975 while running his crime gang
• Mob hitman Fotios 'Freddy' Geas, 51, is suspected of instigating Bulger's murder
• Congresswoman demands investigation into 'culture of violence' at Hazelton

By KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 10:55 EDT, 31 October 2018 | UPDATED: 12:41 EDT, 31 October 2018
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Sources differ as to why Bulger was moved from Florida. One person told the Globe that he had health problems, another that he had disciplinary issues in Florida.

Hazelton in West Virginia is not a medical facility, and there is no reason to transfer a prisoner there for health issues.

Adding to the mystery is the fact that 89-year-old Bulger, a high-profile inmate with many enemies, and who was also reportedly in a wheelchair, was placed in general population at Hazelton, according to head of the union who represents prison employees there.
Whitey Bulger said he feared for his life after being stabbed in prison | Daily Mail Online

 

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EXCLUSIVE - 'Guards inspect my naked body, remind me of perverts.' Letter from Whitey Bulger reveals how he was strip searched five times a day and once yelled 'best day of my life' after bashing skull of a rival

• Whitey Bulger was obsessed with felon Jack Twining, who he met in Alcatraz in the 1960s, because he was 'one of the most dangerous men I ever knew'
• The mob boss, who was killed last week at Hazelton Federal Penitentiary, revealed his admiration for Twining in a letter to Boston teacher Jeff Kelly
• Kelly, 43, wrote to Bulger in 2016 as part of a project for the elective course he teaches at Taunton High School in Massachusetts
• Bulger wrote: 'Jack Twining was one of my best friends in prison. We both wound up in Alcatraz from Atlanta — deemed incorrigible'
• In the letter, Bulger gleefully spoke of Twining's penchant for violence, recalling a time when he bashed in a rival prisoner's skull
• Bulger wrote Twining 'hit him, dropped him, knelt on him, strangled him, let him come to then choked him unconscious... tried to rip his eyes out'
• 'Beat his head against a pipe, cracked his head open, brain came out. Jack jumped and screamed ''Best Day of My Life.'' From that moment he lived to kill'
• In his letter, Bulger showed no remorse for his crimes, even boasting about his notoriety by including a website which mentioned him alongside Al Capone

By MARTIN GOULD IN TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and MICHELE MCPHEE IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 14:05 EST, 6 November 2018 | UPDATED: 20:24 EST
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6354599/Whitey-Bulger-idolized-vicious-criminal-met-Alcatraz-killed-four-cops-standoff.html