I would see, over and over again, that some of these people had been arrested for crimes that were mentioned in these reports. ET): Sean McKinnon was one of three men indicted on Thursday in Whitey Bulger's death. FBI Agent John Morris was put in charge of the Organized Crime Squad at the FBI's Boston field office in December 1977. The 89-year-old Bulger was jailed in 2013 for the murder of 11 different . After settling in Everett, Massachusetts, James Sr. married Jane Veronica "Jean" McCarthy,[27] a first-generation Irish immigrant. 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. The plans climaxed with Weeks' own attempt to shoot Carr with a sniper rifle as he came out of his house. I got the feeling that he was resigning himself to the fact that he wasn't coming back. Apparently, the inmate was not motivated by any personal issues with Bulger, but commmitted the near-fatal assault so that he would be sent to solitary confinement, allegedly to avoid paying for drugs he had acquired from other prisoners. BOSTON A former FBI agent convicted of second-degree murder for leaking information to Boston gangster James Whitey Bulger that led to the 1982 shooting death of a gambling executive can be released from prison on medical grounds, officials ruled Wednesday. He was issued a pistol permit within 24 hours. A wrongful death lawsuit, which described Bulger as "perhaps the most infamous and well-known inmate" in federal prison since Al Capone, claimed that Bulger was "deliberately sent to his. Even though he was the boss, he always treated me equally, like an associate, not a son. I had known all along, however, that it would not be easy for anyone to capture Jimmy. Bulger reminisced fondly about his time hiding out with a family in Louisiana. Bulger drove up with another man armed with a silenced MAC-10; Bulger himself carried a .30 Carbine. There they remained for two. On June 3, Paul E. Coffey, the head of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the Department of Justice, gave a sworn statement admitting that Bulger had been an FBI informant. [102], In September 2014, Bulger entered the Coleman II United States Penitentiary in Sumterville, Florida. [19] In October 2018, he was transferred to the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City,[103] and then a few days later to the Federal Penitentiary in West Virginia. But, Connolly told me, he had to put Jimmy's name on the files to keep his file active. 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. You're no longer just a bookmaker. Connolly allegedly said that the FBI could help in Bulger's feud with Patriarca underboss Gennaro Angiulo. For example, one murder was of Whitey's partner's exgirlfriend. The operation had been compromised by IRA member Sean O'Callaghan, who was an informant for the Irish National Police. At one point, FBI agents were sent to Uruguay to investigate a lead. [90] After being captured alongside Bulger, Greig sought release on bail and home confinement,[91] a request that was denied. According to an excerpt of a book on Bulger published by Boston magazine, Bulger only made one friend during his post-sentencing detention,[97] Clement "Chip" Janis, a young convict who was trusted to run art classes for other convicts. He later told mobster Kevin Weeks[35] that while there, he was used as a human subject in the CIA-sponsored MK-ULTRA program. Oct. 29, 2021 1:45 AM PT. The deadly series of events began on July . "James 'Whitey' Bulger is captured but not in a bookstore". [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. Geas and DeCologero are accused of striking Bulger, 89, in the head several times in October 2018, causing his death, the district attorney's office said. However, at that point, there was something different going on with him. [1][13][14][15] Bulger and Greig were then extradited to Boston and taken to court under heavy guard. In 1971, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) approached Bulger and attempted to recruit him as an informant as part of their effort against the Patriarca crime family. It was hard to figure out why Louie lied to Jimmy that night. [43]:135138. [80] Many anticipated, and some feared,[who?] [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". [16] On August 12, Bulger was found guilty on 31 counts, including both racketeering charges, and was found to have been involved in eleven murders. He had always said you had to be ready to take off on short notice. If he saw them coming, he would take them with him. Bulger also personally donated some of his own weapons. In 1988, Bulger's status as an FBI informant was revealed publicly when the Globe's "Spotlight" team, led by journalist Gerard O'Neill, published a story detailing his work with the Bureau while still actively committing crimes. On June 12, 2012, she was sentenced to eight years in federal prison. [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. James "Whitey" Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America's most wanted men, has died in [97] Whether Bulger was targeted randomly or deliberately is not known. However, when Carr came out the front door holding the hand of his young daughter, Weeks could not bring himself to shoot. [20][106] At 8:20a.m. on October 30, the 89-year-old Bulger[107] was found dead. Bulger was allegedly bludgeoned to death in. "He probably won't show. "[129] At six years of age, Douglas died from Reye syndrome after having a severe allergic reaction to an aspirin injection. According to an interview conducted with Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy, Weeks "estimated that Whitey made about thirty million dollars most of it from shaking down drug dealers to let them do business on his turf. I want to see him well protected. [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. "[35]:247 In a 2011 interview, Flemmi recalled, "Me and Whitey gave [the Feds] shit, and they gave us gold."[36]. Tommy's second and last mistake had been getting into the car with Jimmy, Stevie, and Johnny Martorano. [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]. The other Bulger children, William Bulger and John P. Bulger, excelled at school; James Bulger Jr. became drawn into street life. In 1993 and 1994, before the pinches came down, Jimmy and Stevie were traveling on the French and Italian Riviera. Over the years that followed, Bulger began to remove opposition by persuading Winter to sanction the killings of those who "stepped out of line". He would then demand a large cash payment as the price of not killing them. 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. They would rent cars and travel all through Europe. Family members, including his brother, former Massachusetts state Senate president William M. Bulger, and the twin sister of Catherine Greig attended. 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. That night, however, Flemmi was arrested outside a Boston restaurant by the DEA. Guards immediately undertook lifesaving measures, officials said, but he was pronounced dead. There were more and more names of Polish and Irish guys, of people we had done business with, of friends of mine. [120], Bulger had two younger brothers, William Michael "Billy" Bulger (born 1934) and John "Jackie" P. Bulger (born 1938). In the next few months, three low-level Winter Hill Gang members were executed, mostly believed to be in retribution for the kidnapping. [111] Correctional officers had warned Congress just days before the most recent Hazelton death that facilities were being dangerously understaffed. [31], Weeks stated that, although several plans were considered, all were abandoned because there was too much risk of injuring Carr's wife and children. Jimmy shot him right between the eyes. To be a successful fugitive you have to cut all contacts from your previous life. However, Bulger instead executed McGonagle's law-abiding brother Donald in a case of mistaken identity. There is simply no other explanation for the transfer of someone in his condition and inmate status to be placed in the general population of one of the country's most violent federal penitentiaries. Part of me does [still love him]. He was tried on thirty-two counts of racketeering, money laundering, extortion and weapons charges, including complicity in nineteen murders. A. Although it is a documented fact that Bulger soon followed Flemmi's example, exactly how and why continues to be debated. The jury acquitted Bulger of killing Michael Milano, Al Plummer, William O'Brien, James O'Toole, Al Notorangeli, James Sousa and Francis Leonard. Three years have passed since Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was killed at a West Virginia prison, but federal officials investigating his death have yet to charge anyone, the. According to Weeks's memoirs, in 1980 Boston Herald reporter Paul Corsetti began researching an article about Louis Litif's murder and Bulger's suspected involvement. Hailing from South Boston, Whitey entered a lifetime of crime at a young age and had become a prominent figure in Boston's organized crime scene by the late 1970s. 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. In a decision that would prove costly to him, Donahue offered Halloran a ride home. This was caused by several factors. Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was killed Tuesday inside a federal prison in West Virginia and investigators are probing whether he was beaten to death by another inmate or.