Notorious Boston Gangster Whitey Bulger Captured In Santa Monica

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by Colby Hall | 9:36 am, June 23rd, 2011

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James “Whitey” Bulger is the notorious Boston-based gangster who’s name has been listed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for a long time. He is alleged to have had a role in up to 19 different murders, and as such, has been on the lam for over 16 years. Until yesterday, when he was captured Wednesday in Santa Monica, California along with his 60 year-old girlfriend.

So who is Whitey Bulger? The AP describes his personal history:

Bulger was the leader of the Winter Hill Gang when he fled in January 1995 after being tipped by a former Boston FBI agent that he was about to be indicted. Bulger was a top-echelon FBI informant.

Over the years, the FBI battled a public perception that it had not tried very hard to find Bulger, who became a huge source of embarrassment for the agency after the extent of his crimes and the FBI’s role in overlooking them became public.

Prosecutors said he went on the run after being warned by John Connolly Jr., an FBI agent who had made Bulger an FBI informant 20 years earlier. Connolly was convicted of racketeering in May 2002 for protecting Bulger and his cohort, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, also an FBI informant.

Watch the local news report below:

Whitey Bulger

Big Eddie

Notorious Boston Gangster Whitey Bulger Captured In Santa Monica

Why bring race into this ?
dummy123

Thanks to FoxNews and Bill O’Reilly .
Screw whitey!
Pablo

They told me that if Obama got elected, Whitey would pay for his crimes, and they were right!
purveyor

February 2nd, is Saint Sidney’s Day (Sid Vicious)

December 2nd, is Saint Pablo’s Day (Pablo Escobar)

I propose we name June 23rd, Saint Whitey’s Day (Whitey Bulger, isn’t dead, but…)