Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorneys for accused mobster James “Whitey” Bulger said they are not prepared to defend their client during the racketeering and murder trial, CBS Boston reports. “Simply put, the defendant’s counsel have hit a wall, and are unable to proceed further without additional time to prepare for upcoming witnesses,” Bulger’s attorneys J.W. Carney…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When you put two gangsters in a courtroom, and one is testifying against the other, what do you get sometimes? “F-bombs.” On Tuesday, star prosecution witness Kevin Weeks, James, “Whitey” Bulger’s right-hand man, testified against Bulger, saying he watched Bulger kill four men and one woman, according to Richard A. Oppel…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who was considered to be the surrogate son of James “Whitey” Bulger testified Monday against the accused Boston mobster, describing a cold killer who stopped at nothing to protect himself. “I was with him for 20 years,” Kevin Weeks, who was a critical witness, told the court during Bulger’s murder…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Voice recordings of accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger were played at his murder and racketeering trial Tuesday, showing a different side than the relatively quiet defendant that the juror has so far seen, the Boston Globe reports. The recordings capture Bulger talking about murder, guns and funneling cash. “Pa-pa-pa-pa-pow,” whispered…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One thing for certain: The Whitey Bulger trial in Boston is not short on drama and interesting news. On Friday, retired FBI agent John Morris testified that he signed off on several FBI reports about Bulger that were inaccurate or misleading, Reuters reports. Morris has admitted taking cash from gangsters and…
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 Lawyers for accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger continued to hammer the FBI’s claims that Bulger secretly ratted out the Italian Mafia and other criminals, The Associated Press reports. For the second straight day, Bulger attorney Hank Brennan continued to grill James Marra, a special agent in the Justice Department’s Office of…
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…
