Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The murder and racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger drew detailed, gruesome testimony about the litany of crimes committed by the White Hill Gang. Stephen “the Rifleman” Flemmi described on his third day of testimony how he helped murder people, The Christian Science Monitor reports. Flemmi said Bulger was driven to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Stephen “Stippo” Rakes waited decades to testify against accused mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. Rakes will never get the chance because he was found dead in what is being described as a suspicious death, the Boston Globe reports. Rakes, who had accused Bulger of stealing ownership of his South Boston liquor store, was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Accused Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger forced a former drug kingpin to play Russian roulette in the back room of a nightclub in 1983, according to testimony at the racketeering and murder trial, Reuters reports. “The conversation wasn’t going too well… But I wasn’t going to pay him $1 million. I just…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A judge in the murder and racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger rejected a bid by the accused mobster’s attorneys to postpone the case, the Boston Globe reports. Defense attorneys have complained that Bulger, who is 83, is getting weak from the long court days. They also say they need more…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Reputed mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger lost his cool in court for the second time in his three-week-old trial for murder and racketeering, The New York Times reports. Bulger became agitated while one of the government witnesses, John Morris, a former FBI witness, was testifying about Bulger’s role as an FBI…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Was reputed mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger a rat? During tense testimony Tuesday in Bulger’s murder and racketeering trial, his defense attorneys tore into government witnesses who acknowledged Bulger’s files were falsified or inaccurate, the New York Daily News reports. FBI files suggest Bulger ratted out friends and associates, but defense…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious Boston mobster, plans to take the witness stand in his trial in March and explain that he received immunity while helping the FBI, his attorney said Monday, the Boston Globe reports. Prosecutors say the Justice Department offered no deal to clear Bulger of charges that he participated…
