Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Martorano, a star witness in the prosecutor’s murder and racketeering case against mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, described chilling details of killing people, sometimes the wrong ones, The Boston Globe reports. Martorano, a friend-turned-foe of Bulger’s, implicated the mob boss in six slayings in the 1970s on Wednesday and is…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors said they will not release the name of the confidential informant involved in the case against mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, the Boston Herald reports. The defense attorneys maintain the informant helped the FBI determine what others may say during testimony. Prosecutors dismissed the allegations as ” street talk” and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Agent Gerard Conrad was just taking a stroll in Forest Park in Queens when he stumbled upon a meeting between top Gambino mobster Bartolomeo (Bobby) Vernace and others involved in the crime family, the New York Daily News reports. Conrad happened to be supervising 15 agents who were investigating the crime…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — WDIV’s Kevin Dietz reports that it’s “almost a certainty” that the FBI will dig up land in Oakland Township, north of Detroit, where an ex-mobster claims Jimmy Hoffa’s body is buried. “Half the office wants to go today, the other half wants to wait a few weeks for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal judge has delayed the trial of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger until June 6, the Boston Herald reports. Bulger, who had been hospitalized for chest pains, and was released earlier this week, was set to go to trial this week. “The complexity of the case, the multiplicity of defendants, the…
