WV - Infamous Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger killed in prison, Oct 2018 *arrests**

[Seattle1]

Presentencing:

Name: FOTIOS GEAS
Register Number: 05244-748
Age: 57
Race: White
Sex: Male
Release Date: LIFE
Located At: USP Florence ADMAX

Name: PAUL J DECOLOGERO
Register Number: 23952-038
Age: 50
Race: White
Sex: Male
Release Date: 12/14/2026
Located At: USP McCreary

Name: SEAN MCKINNON
Register Number: 10134-082
Age: 38
Race: White
Sex: Male
Released On: 07/27/2022

BOP: Federal Inmates By Name

www.bop.gov

Seems McKinnon has long been in protective custody. JMO

 

[Seattle1]

Vt. man implicated in murder of James ‘Whitey’ Bulger reaches plea deal

A Vermont man implicated in the 2018 prison murder of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, is among three inmates who have agreed to a plea deal.

www.wcax.com

5/14/24

A Vermont man implicated in the 2018 prison murder of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, is among three inmates who have agreed to a plea deal.

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Geas, a convicted mafia hitman, was cellmates with McKinnon, who was serving time for stealing numerous guns from R&L Archery in Barre and trading them for drugs in Connecticut.

Prosecutors have said Geas and DeCologero took an active role in beating Bulger while McKinnon served as a lookout.

According to the New York Times, the three-page motion from prosecutors on Monday includes an agreement for McKinnon and the others to “cooperate” with the government in preparing a report detailing the circumstances of Bulger’s death.

 

[Seattle1]

3 men charged in Whitey Bulger's prison killing have plea deals, prosecutors say

Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors, according to court papers filed Monday.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Seattle1]

3 inmates accused of killing Boston mob boss James 'Whitey' Bulger agree to plea deals: prosecutors

Fotios Geas and Paul J. DeCologero are accused of bludgeoning Bulger to death just hours after the gangster was transferred to the US Penitentiary Hazelton.

abc7chicago.com

5/14/24

A federal judge must approve the plea agreements. Prosecutors are asking for the court to schedule a change of plea hearing, combined with a sentencing hearing.

 

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https://www.courthousenews.com/3-men-charged-in-whitey-bulgers-2018-prison-killing-have-plea-deals-prosecutors-say/

5/13/24

(AP) — Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors, according to court papers filed Monday.

The plea deals were disclosed nearly six years after the 89-year-old gangster, who spent almost two decades on the lam, was beaten to death in his cell at a troubled West Virginia prison.

 

[Seattle1]

Man charged in Bulger slaying to stay locked up until trial

A federal judge has ruled that a man charged in the prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger will remain behind bars while he awaits trial

spectrumlocalnews.com

8/22/22

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McKinnon is charged separately with making false statements to a federal agent. Prosecutors say he told federal agents he wasn’t aware of what happened to Bulger.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Philip Lammens in Florida granted prosecutors' request to keep McKinnon detained until trial, calling him both a flight risk and a danger to the community.

Authorities have not revealed a possible motive for Bulger’s killing, which has raised questions about why the 89-year-old was moved to the prison nicknamed “Misery Mountain” and placed in its general population instead of more protective housing.

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[Deleted member 287549]

Everyone that took out this vicious criminal deserves a medal, not punishment. Do research on this animal's crimes. Glad he was eliminated. He still died with a lot more dignity (and was a lot older) than his innocent victims.

I'm sick of hearing talk about any kind of leniency towards these vicious, violent criminals. The "kinder, gentler" trend towards these people is why the CJS is in such a sad state of affairs. These perps. commit vicious crimes & aren't even punished, or are let go with a slap on the wrist. Pathetic & sickening.

 

[Seattle1]

Inmates at prison where Whitey Bulger was killed were prepared for his arrival, calls show

Sean McKinnon, who is accused of acting as a lookout, told his mother that inmates were preparing for the arrival of a "higher profile person."

www.cbsnews.com

8/25/22

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Sean McKinnon, who is accused of acting as a lookout while two other men killed Bulger, told his mother on a phone call shortly before Bulger came to USP Hazelton in October 2018 that inmates were preparing for the arrival of a "higher profile person."

After McKinnon told her that it was Bulger, she told him to stay away from the gangster, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Hannah Nowalk, according to a transcript of a hearing Monday in Ocala, Florida.

McKinnon told his mother: "I can't," to which she responded: "You get in trouble."

"Don't worry. Oh, I don't plan it," McKinnon said, according to the prosecutor.

An attorney for McKinnon, who was Geas' cellmate, told the judge that the phone call doesn't show he was involved in any plot to kill Bulger. She said it wasn't just that McKinnon knew, but "the entire unit was alerted that Whitey Bulger was coming to the unit."

"The fact that his roommate was a henchman has nothing to do with him. He didn't select his roommate. The fact that he knew that doesn't really tell the Court that he was involved in the conspiracy," defense attorney Christine Bird said, according to the transcript.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Philip Lammens on Monday ruled that McKinnon should remain locked up until trial, calling him a risk of flight and danger to the community.

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An inmate witness told the grand jury in the case that he asked McKinnon and DeCologero if they were the guys who killed Bulger and they said they were, Nowalk said. That same witness "then indicated that Pauly (DeCologero) told him that Bulger was a snitch," Nowalk said.

 

[Seattle1]

Everyone that took out this vicious criminal deserves a medal, not punishment. Do research on this animal's crimes. Glad he was eliminated. He still died with a lot more dignity (and was a lot older) than his innocent victims.

I'm sick of hearing talk about any kind of leniency towards these vicious, violent criminals. The "kinder, gentler" trend towards these people is why the CJS is in such a sad state of affairs. These perps. commit vicious crimes & aren't even punished, or are let go with a slap on the wrist. Pathetic & sickening.

Seriously? Give the thugs who murdered Bulger medals and no punishment? These dudes were in prison for committing crimes as violent and ruthless as Bulgers!

Bulger was already spending the rest of his life in a cage as sentenced by a jury of his peers.

I disagree that rewarding the convicted inmates as OP suggests is going to improve the CJS.

 

[Deleted member 287549]

I stand by every last word in my previous post. Innocent, law-abiding citizens should not concern themselves when a vicious criminal is eliminated by another criminal. This particular criminal was one of the worst out there. He killed (or had killed) many innocents - and obviously there were many more than than what was proven. I don't know what those who eliminated him were in for, but I'd be surprised if their crimes were as heinous as his were:

Whitey Bulger | Biography, Crimes, & Facts | Britannica

Whitey Bulger, American crime boss who, as head of the Boston-area Winter Hill Gang, was a leading figure in organized crime from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s. For more than a decade, until his capture in June 2011, he was listed by the FBI as one of its 10 most-wanted fugitives.

www.britannica.com

https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/us/whitey-bulger-trial-verdict/index.html

And, he defied authorities by living comfortably (while "on the lam") for many years. If anything, he got off easy.

It's pathetic that everyone is talking about the fact that this animal wasn't "protected" in prison. What about the rights & protection for everyone that he killed (or had killed)?! And, what about the rights of all of the innocent people out there who are victimized by career criminals that are let back onto the street after they commit heinous crimes?! Where is their protection?! We all know the answer to this.

 

[Seattle1]

Seems McKinnon has long been in protective custody. JMO

Prisoner in solitary since Whitey Bulger's murder speaks out: 'I'm an innocent man'

Sean McKinnon said he doesn’t understand why he’s still being kept in the “hole” two years after the Boston crime boss was killed.

www.nbcnews.com

To move McKinnon back inside, and a roommate with his cohort (before being formally charged) just sounds shady. As shady as the delayed charges when they were all captured on surveillance!

An inmate convicted on gun theft and up for release in months would throw away his freedom for his prison friends?

Maybe this will be explained in McKinnon's plea deal that is yet to be unsealed/released.

IMO, sentencing will still be 6+ months out.

 

[Seattle1]

We all know the answer to this.

^^rsbm

Well, the answer certainly isn't for convicted mafia enforcers to take out other inmates, be rewarded, and go unpunished, as OP is promoting!

Nope. I couldn't disagree more. JMO

 

[Deleted member 287549]

Hopefully all vicious criminals out there will eliminate each other - as in this case. The world would definitely be a better place if this happened more often.

Anyone that defends a vicious criminal like this is part of the problem. He got exactly what was coming to him. The only problem is that this didn't happen many, many years ago.

 

[Derph]

Murderer of Whitey Bulger sentenced to 25 yrs today.

An ex-Mafia hitman is sentenced to 25 years in the slaying of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

A former Mafia hitman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.

www.boston25news.com

 

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Murderer of Whitey Bulger sentenced to 25 yrs today.

An ex-Mafia hitman is sentenced to 25 years in the slaying of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

A former Mafia hitman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.

www.boston25news.com

Geas, 57, already was serving a life sentence for previous violent crimes. The Justice Department said last year that it would not seek the death penalty against him in Bulger’s killing.

So now he can also say that he took out Whitey.

Prison cred -- an extra honeybun might make it his way.

 

[Deleted member 287549]

25 years?! - ha ha. It could have been 100 years, and this guy obviously wouldn't care. He's already in prison for life. What a joke, and an obvious non-punishment.

If anything, this guy deserves a reward for eliminating this piece of excrement.

And, as was said - this won't have negative consequences for him. But, will instead increase his respect/standing in the prison.

 

[dotr]

Longtime companion of James 'Whitey' Bulger spent years in a Minnesota prison for crimes committed on the run

Catherine Greig evaded authorities with James "Whitey" Bulger for 16 years, paying for transients' identities while living in Santa Monica.

www.wadenapj.com

Catherine Greig, longtime girlfriend of James "Whitey" Bulger, was sentenced to eight years in a Waseca, Minnesota prison in 2011 for harboring a fugitive and committing identity fraud.
Images courtesy of Ancestry.com / Original images appeared in the Duluth News Tribune and Boston Globe / Photo illustration by Forum News Service
''WASECA — After 16 years on the run, the longtime girlfriend of James “Whitey” Bulger found herself behind bars in Minnesota.

For Catherine Greig's role in the notorious fugitive chase that took authorities around the globe for more than a decade, she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to harbor a fugitive, conspiracy to commit identity fraud and identity fraud.''

''Greig’s run from the law in sunny Santa Monica ultimately landed her in a Waseca, Minnesota prison cell for the majority of her eight-year sentence.

She made the most of her time in Waseca, training service dogs for people with disabilities and earning a reputation of a compliant prisoner.

 

[Seattle1]

CG completed her 8-year sentence for harboring a fugitive and committing identity fraud in 2020, and lives with her twin sister in Boston. Not sure why she's being featured in the "Vault" today?? Slow news day...

CBS/Boston