Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Long before James “Whitey” Bulger was captured in California in 2011, the notorious mobster was the subject of more than a dozen books. Now that he’s been convicted and headed to prison for life, many more books are in the works – “books by relatives of his victims, books by his crime…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Convicted mobster James “Whitey” Bulger made a lot of money during his murderous rampage in the 1980s. A family of a woman murdered filed a petition in court Monday seeking to find out exactly how much he and his cohorts made and what other properties they have as a result of their…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger complained in recently obtained letters that his trial was a sham and “revenge for corrupting two FBI agents,” The New York Daily News reports. A week after he was found guilty of murder and racketeering, Bulger wrote a letter to his friend on Aug. 20 that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Reznikoff wants a hefty price – nearly $4,000 – on eBay for some circuit boards, wires and digital cards. Then again, they aren’t just any computer scraps, the Connecticut resident claims. UPI.com reports that Reznikoff bought the equipment for $500 from the president of a Boston electronics recycling company, where a pallet…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the four women and eight men tasked with deciding whether notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was guilty of murder and racketeering, life was not easy. Sometimes the jurors shouted at each other; other times they felt disgusted with the sleazy witnesses. The trial was so stressful that some even popped aspirin…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It might not be over yet for notorious mobster and convicted killer James “Whitey” Bulger and his former associates. Prosecutors in Massachusetts are exploring whether they can charge Bulger and others with murder and other crimes now that the federal trial is over, the Boston Globe Press reports. One associate that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who seized Boston’s criminal underworld in the 1970s and ’80s, likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury found him guilty Monday of murder and racketeering. Wearing a gray shirt, dark pants and sneakers, the 83-year-old who occasionally shouted in anger…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As jurors begin their fifth day of deliberations in the racketeering and murder trial reputed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger today, relatives of victims are hoping for some closure and justice, the USA Today reports. Theresa Barrett Bond, however, may never get that closure because she has lost trust in the law…
