The Boston FBI continues to hunt mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. Will adding to the reward help?
By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
The reward for the capture of Boston’s most notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger has doubled. The FBI is now offering $2 million.
Along with the reward, the FBI said Wednesday that it’s distributing two new age-enhanced photos of the elusive Bulger to its 56 field divisions and 60 legal attaches around the country.
“The Bulger Fugitive Task Force continues to conduct a comprehensive worldwide fugitive investigation to apprehend James “Whitey” Bulger,” said U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan in Boston in a prepared statement. “The $2 million reward is yet another way to increase awareness and visibility of Bulger’s photo and to encourage anyone who might have information to come forward.”
According to the FBI, Bulger has been involved in a life of crime since leaving the U.S. Air Force in 1952.
Bulger was a crime boss in South Boston and ran a criminal organization for 30 year that was involved in gambling, loan sharking and drugs. In 2000, he was charged with playing a role in 19 murders during the 1970s and 1980s in connection with organized crime leadership, the FBI said.
