By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Imprisoned ex-FBI John Connolly, who was the Boston case agent for informant/mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, tells Newsweek: “The Justice Department is going to do everything within its power to try to make sure the full story never comes out” about Bulger’s activities and his relationship with the FBI. Connolly is serving…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Catherine Greig, the girlfriend of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, is set to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston. The Boston Herald reports that prosecutors will ask for no less than 10 years in prison. Her lawyer obviously will ask for far less. Bulger and Greig were captured by…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Crime never pays, but working as an informant for the FBI sure seemed to for Mobster “Whitey” Bulger. That’s why he started snitching early… as early as the 1950s reports the Boston Globe. Arrested with his girlfriend Catherine Greig last June after 16 years on the lamb, 82-year-old Bulger may not have…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He ain’t exactly Osama bin Laden. Still, the FBI on Tuesday announced a replacement for bin Laden for its Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List: Eric Justin Toth, 30, a former private-school teacher and camp counselor. Toth is accused of possessing and producing child pornography. In a press release, the FBi said…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Well, William Shakespeare he may not be. But apparently Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger — accused of killing 19 people — was into writing. The Boston Globe reports that he may have written two memoirs that the feds may use against him in trial, now set for November. He’s charged with…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com And now for the moment all the followers of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger have been waiting for. Bloomberg news reports that the federal trial for Bulger,82, who was on the lam for 16 years, has been set for Nov. 5 in Boston. He is accused of killing at least 19…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Payday may be getting closer for families who had relatives who fell victim to Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. The Associated Press reports that a federal appeals court has upheld multi-million dollar judgments against the government in the deaths of three people supposedly murdered by Bulger, who sits behind bars now…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The imprisoned Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger is trying to get hold of Mark Wahlberg, the actor says. The meeting is only speculation at this point, reports The Inquisitr, but it seems plausible Bulger wants Wahlberg to portray his likeness in a possible biopic on the criminal. “I actually got a…
