Whitey Bulger

Where's Whitey?

adamg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:10:51 +0000

UPDATE: Sheesh, whatever happened to the days when you could trust stuff you read online? The Herald's O'Ryan Johnson tweets neither mobster nor moll is in transit anywhere - due to a computer glitch at the Bureau of Prisons, they've been marked as "in transit" since June.

Jack Gately checks Whitey Bulger's prison record and discovers that, like Sal DiMasi yesterday, he's also "in transit" (DiMasi is spending the night in Brooklyn). Chuck Turner, however, continues to bunk in West Virginia, while Dianne Wilkerson remains ensconced in Stamford.

Court says it's past time for government to pay up for letting Whitey Bulger get away with murder

adamg — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:27:41 +0000

A federal appeals court today ordered the government to pay nearly $3 million to the families of three people murdered by Whitey Bulger when he was under FBI protection.

In two rulings issued today, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston said enough was enough, Bulger and pal Stephen Flemmi were able to kill people because they knew the government wouldn't touch him and that the government should pay for its role in the murders of Louis Litif, Debra Davis and Deborah Hussey.

Whitey Bulger is a real cut-out

adamg — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:14:07 +0000

South End Textiles has come up with an activity for idle hands - download their 8 1/2x11 PDF, print it out and go to town (or Santa Monica).

There is photographic evidence of Whitey wearing each of these outfits, even the cowboy get-up. Not sure if he ever wore Gerry Cheever's goalie mask, but couldn't resist adding it.

His roots are showing

adamg — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:16:17 +0000

Dana Reichman Gitell spotted this guy just standing there in Dedham this morning.

If anybody should be blamed for outing the Icelandic connection, it's the FBI

adamg — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:31:26 +0000

Dan Kennedy analyzes the Globe's explanation on how it found the identity of the woman who turned in Bulger and why it didn't put her at any more risk than she already faced - thanks to the FBI saying a few months ago that the winning tip came from Iceland and, really, how many Icelanders would Bulger and Grieg have run across in Santa Monica? Also, he recalls how the rampaging Herald kept mocking the Icelandic connection until it got showed up on basic street reporting (the Globe got the name by talking to neighbors, doh).

Whitey in exile: The Santa Monica years

adamg — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:17:49 +0000

The Globe provides the definitive look, including the identity of the cat-loving Icelander who brought him down.

Too soon? You can get a Whitey Bulger costume for Halloween

adamg — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:38:26 +0000

Channel 4 is conflicted:

WBZ's Jim Armstrong spoke off camera with the widow of one of Bulger's alleged murder victims. She's disgusted by the idea someone would not just make such a costume, but that anyone else would dress up as a man accused of murdering 19 local people.

But it seems, if you're not personally connected to the man or his legendary wrath, you might be OK with it.

Appeals court once again rejects verdict against FBI for role in two Bulger murders

adamg — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:54:02 +0000

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit today upheld an earlier decision to toss an $8.5 million verdict against the FBI for its role in letting Whitey Bulger and his henchmen kill an informant and the guy who was giving him a ride home, saying the families filed their lawsuit three weeks after the expiration of the statute of limitations.

In February, a three-judge panel overturned a lower-court award to the families of Brian Halloran and Michael Donahue. In the ruling today, the entire court voted 5-2 to reject the families' request for a rehearing.

Remember that old guy you once saw walking around Castle Island and you wondered if that could be him?

adamg — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:05:16 +0000

The feds claim Whitey Bulger made several trips back to Boston from his California hideout "to take care of some unfinished business."

The allegation is in a motion filed by the US Attorney's Office in Boston today that asks a federal judge to force Bulger's brothers William, former state-senate president, and John, disgraced former court clerk, to swear they have no intention of helping their brother out with his legal bills.

According to the filing, Bulger admitted to federal agents he'd visited Las Vegas, Mexico and Boston during his 16 years on the lam:

Globe metro columnists have played sports columnists for years, so turnabout is fair play

adamg — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:40:30 +0000

Bob Ryan explains why Whitey has more personal honor than Billy.

Bulger could find out Tuesday if he gets a court-appointed lawyer

adamg — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:54:30 +0000

A judge today ordered prosecutors to meet with Whitey Bulger's temporary attorney on Monday to see if the alleged murdering racketeer has any money that could be used to pay for a lawyer without fear it would be seized by the government.

He gets three changes of clothes a week

adamg — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:09:06 +0000

The Herald tells us about Bulger's new home in the maximum-security wing of MCI Plymouth.

The Globe reports Bulger talked to feds about life on the lam, including slipping into Mexico to buy pills for an alleged heart condition. Also, could Bulger dish on the Gardner Museum thefts?

Victim's son: "He's a scumbag"

adamg — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:40:02 +0000

Alleged thug's brother swarmed by reporters. Photo by Ryan Boyle. More photos.

Tommy Donahue, whose father Michael was one of the 19 people Whitey Bulger is charged with murdering, talked to reporters after the court appearance yesterday:

Don't be fooled by this old man. ... He's a scumbag ... I hope he gets the chair.

Read the 1995 indictment against Bulger and his cronies for racketeering (1.6M PDF file). Somebody let Maria Stephanos at Channel 25 know; she tweets this morning:

What do you think will happen to Whitey?

oddjob60 — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:01:42 +0000

All Bulger, all the time

adamg — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:18:11 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reports FBI agents lured him outside through a phone call claiming a storage locker of his had been broken into - and that after the arrest, they found guns hidden in books and cash stuffed in the walls of the apartment.

Brian McGrory writes there is finally justice for all in Bulger's capture. But Howie Carr, who perhaps knows Bulger better than any other member of the local media, says it's too late:

He's caught, and we're all happy, but let's be honest. Whitey won. He's going to jail for 20 minutes before he kicks the bucket. Do you think he believes in the afterlife?