[104] According to prison documents obtained by The New York Times, Bulger gained a reputation for disconcerting behavior during his time in prison: "At the Coleman prison complex in Florida in September 2014, he was disciplined multiple times, including once for masturbating in front of a male staff member and once, in February, for threatening a female medical staff member". I do not know where he has been over the past eight years. [] I remember that we were walking out of the hospital the night that he died, and he was holding my hand. Bulger fathered one child, Douglas Glenn Cyr (19671973), during a 12-year relationship with Lindsey Cyr, a waitress and former fashion model living in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. [17] On November 14, he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences plus five years by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. [citation needed], In the summer of 1991, Bulger and Weeks, along with associates Patrick and Michael Linskey, came into possession of a winning Massachusetts Lottery ticket which had been bought at a store he owned. State and federal agencies were repeatedly stymied in their attempts to build cases against Bulger and his inner circle. [84] Before his 1987 death by drug overdose, McGonagle reportedly held Bulger responsible for the murders of his brothers, twins Donald and Paul McGonagle, who were killed in the fighting which occurred during the Mullen-Killeen gang war. [31], In late August or early September 1974, Bulger and an accomplice reportedly set fire to an elementary school in Wellesley to intimidate U.S. District Court Judge Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. over his mandated plan to desegregate schools in the city of Boston by means of busing. [67], After sixteen years at large and twelve years on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, Bulger was arrested in Santa Monica, California, on June 22, 2011.
Black Mass (2015) - IMDb "[35]:57, Litif had been stealing money from his partners in the bookmaking operation and using the money to traffic cocaine, and had not only refused to pay Bulger a cut of his drug profits but committed two murders without Bulger's permission. Whitey Bulger was a prominent figure in Boston's organized crime scene from the 1970s until the mid-'90s when he fled the area. The last nickname came from his habit of wearing cowboy boots, which he used to hide a switchblade. A. [80] Many anticipated, and some feared,[who?] FBI Agent John Morris was put in charge of the Organized Crime Squad at the FBI's Boston field office in December 1977. "[122] In June 2003, William appeared before the committee, where he was grilled by legislators from both parties. Bulger's life had many women - and not just Lindsay Cyr, whose affair with Bulger produced a son, Douglas Glenn Cyr, in 1967. [59], After fleeing Boston, Bulger and Stanley spent four days over Christmas in Selden, New York, before spending New Year's Day in a hotel in New Orleans's French Quarter. Later reports of a sighting in Italy in April 2007 proved false. He later told mobster Kevin Weeks[35] that while there, he was used as a human subject in the CIA-sponsored MK-ULTRA program. In April 1994, a joint task force of the DEA, the Boston Police, and the Massachusetts State Police launched a probe of Bulger's illegal gambling operations. At the end of our dinner, he seemed more aware of everything around him.
Whitey Bulger's face was completely 'unrecognisable' after prison Nee arranged for the dispute to be mediated by Winter and Joseph Russo, caporegime of the Patriarca crime family in Rhode Island. His eyes had nearly been gouged out and his tongue almost cut off;[108][109][110] a law enforcement official described Bulger as "unrecognizable". He repeated the phrase he had used before that a rolling stone gathers no moss, which told me that he knew he was going to be on the move again. For example, one murder was of Whitey's partner's exgirlfriend. He was tried on thirty-two counts of racketeering, money laundering, extortion and weapons charges, including complicity in nineteen murders. Wheeler". But I don't think they'll ever catch him. [57], When Valhalla crew member John McIntyre was arrested "for trying to visit his estranged wife", he confessed his role in the weapons smuggling to the Boston Police.
Mystery of Whitey Bulger murder deepens as two inmates are - Yahoo News Three men have been indicted on multiple felony charges in the 2018 prison beating death of James "Whitey" Bulger, who lived a double life as one of Boston's most notorious mobsters and as a . [105] Bulger was also in poor health, as he was unable to walk and had a damaged hip, often falling out of bed. He was serving two life sentences for.
KYW (CBS) : TV NEWS : Search Captions. Borrow Broadcasts : TV Archive 3 men charged in connection with death of gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger Their father was a machinist from Glasgow, Scotland, and their mother was from Canada, as was Bulger's father. Halloran lived long enough to identify his attacker as Bulger associate James Flynn, who was later tried and acquitted.
Crime Boss Whitey Bulger's Family Loses Bid to Sue Feds Over - Newsweek Police officers found the employee hanging from a beef rack, having been severely tortured and held for more than six days. They just knocked the people from Southie during busing.
A mafia hitman, a mobster and a newly-released inmate: Who killed James 10 photos from outside 'Whitey' Bulger's South Boston funeral He had established a whole other person, Thomas Baxter, with a complete ID and credit cards in that name. 170 18K views 2 years ago The last known photos of late notorious gangster Whitey Bulger are being released for the first time, along with the story behind what happened while he was on the run.
What's up with the Whitey Bulger killing? : r/OutOfTheLoop - reddit "[35]:207, In his memoirs, Kevin Weeks related his participation in an attempt to assassinate reporter Howie Carr at his house in suburban Acton. But it wouldn't have lasted long, since Jimmy had no intention of letting Louie run wild.[50]. They would rent cars and travel all through Europe. I also knew that Jimmy wouldn't go to trial. "James 'Whitey' Bulger is captured but not in a bookstore".
The gruesome details behind James 'Whitey' Bulger's killing have been The death certificate of Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger revealed that the notorious criminal died last year from "blunt force injuries of the head." The document obtained by Fox News. By then he was 81 years old. The plans climaxed with Weeks' own attempt to shoot Carr with a sniper rifle as he came out of his house.
John Connolly, former Boston FBI agent, to be released from a Florida Bulger remained at large for sixteen years.
Justice Department announces 3 men charged in Whitey Bulger's - PBS BOSTON (AP) A funeral Mass was held in Boston Thursday for notorious gangster James ''Whitey'' Bulger, who was killed last week hours after he arrived at a troubled . However, Connolly failed to win Bulger's trust. Jimmy and I were friends, not like father and son. The deadly series of events began on July . The 89-year-old Bulger was jailed in 2013 for the murder of 11 different . Although [McGonagle] never did anything, he kept on stirring everything up with his mouth. His actions were covert, hidden even fromor perhaps hidden especially from those who loved and cared about him. [35]:205206 In his 2006 memoir Weeks said that, although he was aware of the public outcry that would have followed, he regretted not murdering Carr. Flynn remained the prime suspect until 1999, when Weeks agreed to cooperate with investigators and identified Bulger as one of the shooters. In a long political career, William rose to become President of the Massachusetts Senate. The South Boston man is considered a critical witness for the government in Bulger's trial on a string of federal crimes including 19 murders.One of the murders was killing of Brian "Balloonhead" Halloran who was allegedly targeted by Bulger because Halloran had gone to the FBI with an offer to cooperate. Up until then, I always believed he thought there was a chance he had beat the case. [4] Bulger provided information about the inner workings of the Patriarca crime family, his Italian-American Mafia rivals based in Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. The subject that interests so many, the life and the activities of my brother James is painful and difficult for me. The first confirmed sighting of Bulger before his capture was in London in 2002. He wanted another opportunity to "finish the job," but Bulger advised him to forget about Howie Carr. Bulger's father worked as a union laborer and occasional longshoreman; he lost his arm in an industrial accident[31]:48 and the family was reduced to poverty. "[35]:247 In a 2011 interview, Flemmi recalled, "Me and Whitey gave [the Feds] shit, and they gave us gold."[36]. His family, and Halloran's, eventually filed a civil lawsuit against the U.S. government after learning that Connolly had informed Bulger of Halloran's informant status. Cyr awoke to a 3am phone call from a U-S Marshall Thursday that the man she had a child with and lived with for 12 years - James "Whitey" Bulger - had been caught after 16 years on the run. James Joseph Bulger Jr. was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts on September 3, 1929 - a month before the stock market crash.show more content. [105], Bulger was transferred from the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City to United States Penitentiary, Hazelton, in West Virginia on October 29, 2018. The Boston Police Department, operating on a tip, raided a butcher shop in South Boston co-owned by Bulger and two other Winter Hill members. The FBI wanted to get to the Italian mob, too, so I suppose in a weird enemy-of-my-enemy way, Whitey and his partner become informants.
Cape accident victim's life a tale of alcoholism, homelessness, family He was beaten so mercilessly that he couldn't be recognized. William Bulger served in the military during the Korean War but was never posted to Korea.
James 'Whitey' Bulger: Three men charged in mob boss murder I shot Donald.' Weeks said, "I don't understand because he's not the same as I remember him. The Killeens quickly found themselves outgunned and outmaneuvered by the younger Mullens. At one point, FBI agents were sent to Uruguay to investigate a lead. "[43]:30 Kenny would later testify that Winter Hill enforcers Stephen Flemmi and John Martorano were in the car with Bulger. [43]:54 Morris not only proved himself unable to rein in Connolly's protection of Bulger, but even began assisting him. Casper. Two people on video footage shot in Taormina, Sicily, formerly thought to be Bulger and Greig walking in the streets of the city center, were later identified as a tourist couple from Germany. In the hours after Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger was found beaten to death in his prison cell, three inmates were hauled away to solitary confinement. And we all made him vulnerable. Bulger was allegedly bludgeoned to death in. Carr has been among the most aggressive critics of the Bulger brothers, Whitey and Billy, for their careers in the Boston area; among his works is the book The Brothers Bulger, detailing the Bulger brothers' 25-year period of controlling Boston politics and the Boston underworld. [75][76] The Boston Globe identified the tipster as Anna Bjrnsdttir, a former model, actress, and Miss Iceland 1974, who lived in Bulger's neighborhood. [114] According to ABC News, Bulger's medical status had been lowered on October 8, 2018, shortly before he was transferred. A staggering level of incompetence throughout the federal prison system led to notorious gangster Whitey Bulger's death in 2018 at the age of 89, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday. FBI Special Agent Dennis Condon noted in his log in September 1973 that Bulger and Nee had been heavily shaking down the neighborhood's bookmakers and loan sharks. Three men were charged Thursday in connection with the 2018 death of notorious mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, federal prosecutors announced. In 1982, a South Boston cocaine dealer named Edward Brian Halloran, known on the streets as "Balloonhead", approached the FBI and stated that he had witnessed Bulger and Flemmi murdering Litif. [45], "As a criminal, he made a point of only preying upon criminals And when things couldn't be worked out to his satisfaction with these people, after all the other options had been explored, he wouldn't hesitate to use violence. At Coleman, Bulger started experiencing night terrors, which he attributed to the experiments he had taken part in while incarcerated in the 1950s, where he had been administered LSD. [117] In September 2019, the Bulger family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Justice Department, alleging that, by lowering Bulger's medical status and transferring him to Hazelton, he "was deliberately placed in harm's way. However, the verdict was overturned on appeal due to the late filing of the claims. During the mid-1980s, Bulger began to summon drug dealers from in and around Boston to his headquarters. Kevin Weeks, who wrote a memoir, "Brutal: The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob" (2006, with Phyllis Karas), said that in 1993 and 1994 Mr. Bulger prepared for life on . [79] In Florida, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said, "After a 16-year delay, I will be working to ensure that a Miami jury has the opportunity to look [Bulger] in the eyes and determine his fate". Guards immediately undertook lifesaving measures, officials said, but he was pronounced dead. "[129] At six years of age, Douglas died from Reye syndrome after having a severe allergic reaction to an aspirin injection. [84] She and Bulger lived together for a time at her home in Squantum, a section of Quincy. Both families were awarded several million dollars in damages. [34], Shortly after his release in April 1948, Bulger joined the United States Air Force, but he had not reformed. After his 2011 arrest, federal prosecutors tried Bulger for nineteen murders based on grand jury testimony from Kevin Weeks and other former criminal associates. If he'd told Jimmy that someone had driven him, he might have gotten a pass. [93], In September 2015, Greig was indicted on a charge of criminal contempt stemming from her refusal to testify before a grand jury about whether other people aided Bulger while he was a fugitive. On July 7, 1996, a federal grand jury in Boston returned a 29-count indictment against Bulger and four other leaders of the Winter Hill Gang and the Patriarca Family; Bulger was indicted on 13 counts of racketeering. Bulger was annoyed when he learned that the IRA members he supplied had burned the van that contained the weapons. [16] The trial lasted two months and included the testimony of 72 witnesses; the jury began deliberations August 6. Captured in 2011, he was later found guilty of federal racketeering . [20][106] At 8:20a.m. on October 30, the 89-year-old Bulger[107] was found dead. He smoked.
Whitey Bulger's Cause of Death Revealed | Law & Crime But in the long run, Jimmy and I got sidetracked and the maggot lived. His counseling was soon terminated, and he was transferred to the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex in Florida. The convicted mobster and murderer died in prison in 2018. In 1971, Killeen's younger brother Kenny allegedly shot and mauled Michael "Mickey" Dwyer, a member of the rival Mullen Gang, during a brawl at the Transit Caf. He was one of the most infamous criminals to ever be killed behind bars. He would not be arrested again for forty-six years.[41]. After settling in Everett, Massachusetts, James Sr. married Jane Veronica "Jean" McCarthy,[27] a first-generation Irish immigrant. [118] In January 2022, U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey dismissed the lawsuit, ruling federal law did not allow his family the right to sue Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials because Congress expressly puts custody of inmates in the hands of the BOP, and "has repeatedly limited judicial authority to review BOP housing decisions and to entertain claims brought by prisoners. "[122] He added: "while I worried about my brother, I now recognize that I didn't fully grasp the dimensions of his life. I certainly always stand by him. Whitey Bulger is the former leader of the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish-American crime family based in Boston, Massachusetts. [94] In February 2016, Greig pleaded guilty to this charge. It is still unknown why Cosmo Dinardo and his accomplice Sean Kratz ended the lives of four men over marijuana deals, but there are some theories that can help explain why Dinardo devised his evil plan. [31], In 1980, Bulger was approached in Triple O's by Louis Litif, a Lebanese-American neighborhood bookmaker. They also reported themselves unable to agree about the murder of Debra Davis, though Bulger had already been found liable for her death in a civil suit. MURDERED CRIME boss James 'Whitey' Bulger was made to suffer prior to his death if the disturbing details that have surfaced online are to be believed. Prosecutors allege that a mere 12 hours after Bulger arrived at USP Hazelton, he was found dead in his cell. [citation needed], Greig met Bulger in her late 20s after she divorced Bobby McGonagle. "[82], Bulger's companion during his years as a fugitive was his longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig (born April 3, 1951), who was nearly 22 years his junior. [33] By then he had joined a street gang known as the "Shamrocks" and would eventually be arrested for assault, forgery and armed robbery. He had always said you had to be ready to take off on short notice. [68][69][70], Bulger was captured as a result of the work of the Bulger Fugitive Task Force, which consisted of FBI agents and a Deputy U.S. [1][13][14][15] Bulger and Greig were then extradited to Boston and taken to court under heavy guard. After the 1972 truce, Bulger and the Mullens were in control of South Boston's criminal underworld. Marshal. He was issued a pistol permit within 24 hours. By 1982, Morris was "thoroughly compromised", having had Bulger buy plane tickets for his then-girlfriend Debbie Noseworthy to visit him in Georgia while he was being trained for drug investigations. During the most violent period of The Troubles, sympathy for Irish nationalism and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) was very common in South Boston, as were efforts to raise money and smuggle weapons for the IRA's campaign against the British presence in Northern Ireland. I think he liked the legitimacy a political cause gave him," Whitey pal Patrick Nee recalled. Tommy King, in 1975, was one example. Bulger who ruled Boston's criminal underground for more than 20 years and stayed on the run for another 16 before his capture was reportedly beaten to death within hours of his transfer from a Florida prison to the high-security penitentiary in West Virginia on Tuesday. [17] As part of the racketeering charges, the jury convicted Bulger of the murders of 11 victimsPaul McGonagle, Edward Connors, Thomas King, Richard Castucci, Roger Wheeler, Brian Halloran, Michael Donahue, John Callahan, Arthur "Bucky" Barrett, John McIntyre, and Deborah Hussey. It was over.
Boston gangster Whitey Bulger killed - IrishCentral.com Every good meal is a meal they can't take away from me. Donahue was shot in the head and killed instantly. It was the morning of 30 October 2018 when Bulger - who had arrived at the federal prison just 12 hours earlier - was beaten to death with a heavy padlock inside a sock. The other Bulger children, William Bulger and John P. Bulger, excelled at school; James Bulger Jr. became drawn into street life. Among them was the trio's fear of wiretaps and policy of never discussing their business over the telephone or in vehicles. "[35]:233, In mid-November 1995, Weeks and Bulger met for the last time at the lion statues at the front of the New York Public Library Main Branch and adjourned for dinner at a nearby restaurant. [35]:5759 Litif told an outraged Bulger he was also going to kill his partner, "Joe the Barber", whom he accused of stealing from the bookmaking operation.
Gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger killed in prison - BBC News The jury acquitted Bulger of killing Michael Milano, Al Plummer, William O'Brien, James O'Toole, Al Notorangeli, James Sousa and Francis Leonard. [89] She was represented in the criminal proceedings by the prominent criminal attorney Kevin Reddington of Brockton, Massachusetts. And he meant it. It was during the war that Bulger set out to commit what Weeks describes as Bulger's first murder, of Mullen member Paul McGonagle. [21][22][23] In 2022, Fotios Geas, Paul DeCologero and Sean McKinnon were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in Bulger's death.[24][25][26]. Bulger was beaten to death at USP Hazelton in October 2018 hours after he was transferred from a prison in Florida, where he had been serving a life sentence for 11 murders and other crimes.. The two of them traveled all over Europe, sometimes separating for a while. [86] Greig's younger brother David, a close associate of Bulger, was found shot dead on Cape Cod in an apparent suicide. [2][3] On December 23, 1994, Bulger fled the Boston area and went into hiding after his former FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him off about a pending RICO indictment against him. [31]:49 In May 1938, the Mary Ellen McCormack Housing Project was opened in the neighborhood of South Boston. He had even joined associations in Baxter's name, building an entire portfolio for the guy. James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger was the boss of the largely Irish Mob in Boston from the 1970s through the 1990s. Bulger's death certificate was released by NBC10 Boston on Thursday and it confirmed that Bulger's cause of death was "Blunt Force Injuries of the Head" that he sustained while after was "Assaulted by other (s)" in his . 'He was wearing green underwear and was in a green garbage bag. "[105], Bulger is buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery in the Boston neighborhood of West Roxbury under the Bulger family headstone inscribed with the names of his parents. They were ruthless murderers, Whitey himself was hardened after several life events, like a stint in Alcatraz and the death of his only son. [81], In a 2011 interview, Kevin Weeks expressed surprise at Bulger's decision to cooperate after his arrest. [64][65] Following his arrest, Bulger revealed that instead of being reclusive, he had in fact traveled frequently, with witnesses coming forward to say they had seen him on the Santa Monica Pier and elsewhere in southern California.