FBI Nails Mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger in Santa Monica After 16-Year Run From the Law
- Posted on June 23, 2011 at 12:53am by
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list for his alleged role in 19 murders, has been captured near Los Angeles after living on the run for 16 years, authorities said Wednesday.
Santa Monica Police Sgt. Rudy Flores said his agency was informed of the arrest by the FBI.
Bulger, 81, was the leader of the Winter Hill Gang when he fled in January 1995 after being tipped by a former Boston FBI agent that he was about to be indicted. Bulger was a top-echelon FBI informant.
Over the years, the FBI battled a public perception that it had not tried very hard to find Bulger, who became a huge source of embarrassment for the agency after the extent of his crimes and the FBI’s role in overlooking them became public.
Prosecutors said he went on the run after being warned by John Connolly Jr., an FBI agent who had made Bulger an FBI informant 20 years earlier. Connolly was convicted of racketeering in May 2002 for protecting Bulger and his cohort, Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi, also an FBI informant.
Bulger provided the Boston FBI with information on his gang’s main rival, the New England Mob, in an era when bringing down the Mafia was one of the FBI’s top priorities.
But the Boston FBI office was sharply criticized when the extent of Bulger’s alleged crimes and his cozy relationship with the FBI became public in the late 1990s.
During his years on the run, the FBI received reported sightings of Bulger and his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, from all over the United States and parts of Europe. In many of those sightings, investigators could not confirm whether it was actually Bulger who was spotted or simply a lookalike.
Flores said the FBI had been conducting a surveillance operation in the area where the arrest was made. He gave no details of the arrest.
The FBI in Los Angeles didn’t immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
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Comments (58)
dont tread
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:55amThis would have happened sooner if the FBI wasn’t informing him about informants…great job there guys
Report Post »dinadp
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:21amI had a feeling the FBI were up to something when they promoted Whitey to #1.
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 8:33amI suppose now he’ll fill yet another position in the White House…
Report Post »91AP
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:46pmNobody could fill a position in the White House like Slick Willy.
Report Post »Master Sergeant Malone
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:56amC’mon Glenn. Enough of these stupid ads that :shout out” each time I click on a page/story, forward or backward. Love ya dude, but gimme a break. Stop the madness. Sheeeesh!!!!!
Report Post »dave88
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:37amI am surprised the headline doesn’t read “Obama singlehandedly captures FBI fugitive. “
Report Post »91AP
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:43pmWay to go Dave, just hand it to ‘em on a silver platter.
Report Post »GringoBob
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:35amsorry, forgot the ad – http://next2cents.com
Report Post »GringoBob
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:32amfor benefit of you “young’ens” out there – this whole set-up is hilarious ;
on O’Reilly this week, Bill is talking with his old buddy reporter in Boston about the Whitey and Catherine Greig deal of years ago and how or why the FBI suddenly decides to put Catherine on their “most wanted list” at some cost due to national / international printing and advertising as well as air time .. and all I could do was chuckle , cause I’ve seen this movie ….
You old geezers like me will remember back in the 50′s when JEdgar would consistantly place someone on the 10 most wanted list about a week before he draped the net over them and then he will take his list of successful arrests of the most dangerous criminals captured list over to congress and get more funding in the name of “fighting crime”
hell, I was 40 years old before I figured out that FBI guys are just another government employee eating out of the trough right beside the Post Office guy and the G8 glorified clerk
learn your history kids, cause you’re gonna see it again – LOL
Report Post »91AP
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:43pmThe hitman “Joey” asked his FBI guy why some top dog wasn’t on The List and the FBI guy said “’cause we can’t find him.”
Report Post »NC
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:06amOn FOX news yesterday, the FBI released a photo of his girlfriend hoping that someone would report her being seen and then finding Bulger. I’ve heard none of this info in this morning news.
Maybe this info will surface later on, but remember, you read it here first, while listening to the muted advertisement.
NC (on the brink of leaving The Blaze, I’m about Becked out)
Report Post »TheGreyPiper
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:15amNow him, I woulda thought was dead.
It would be nice to see a headlines, about Obama bein’ out to get Whitey.
Report Post »pajamagram
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:03amThe people in the FBI who worked for Mr. Bulger must have finally died, or maybe he promised not to tell the true story.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:57amHowie Carr is having a happy day!
Report Post »olddog
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:42am81 yrs. old, can you see the fib running him down? Where’s Hoover and his tutu?
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:03amHe will probably get a cell next to Bernie Madoff in a lush prison with 3 scores a day and free medical.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:56amWhen will the FBI go after revolutionaries calling for violence like Van Jones, and Frances Piven? What about the La Raza people screaming for revolution? The Black Panthers and Farakan?
Report Post »firemanfrank
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:42amWow this administration is really on top of things.It takes a crook to find one I suspect.
Report Post »LIVINGTHEDREAM
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:41amWhitey Bulger!! Is this another Anthony Weiner Story?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:54amWeener’s story is
Report Post »“ The Inconvenient Droop ”
mossbrain
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:39amHey now, a black man could call him Whitey without even offending him.
Report Post »Black Ops Mercenary
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:33ambout time
Report Post »stevoschmidt
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:19amdoes anyone hear that automated reacording when you long onto the blaze
Report Post »its very faint on my laptop and can barely discern it
i cant be the only person who hears this recording when logged onto theblaze
nzkiwi
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:28amIts the audio for the small video that is playing on the right side of the page about a third of the way down. The audio is automatically muted but the muting isn’t very good.
Report Post »cap0ne
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:58amSneaky way for the Blaze to rack up some cash. Every time the video plays the Blaze gets a commission..
Report Post »It is VERY annoying and if it doesn’t stop I will be removing “The Blaze” from my Bookmark bar.
psadie
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:10amHow about going after the Bilderbergers, the hedge-fund managers, Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke, the Democrat Party, Soros, Obama’s czars, Eric Holder and all the other crazies who have sent this country into the toilet.
Report Post »Harvey
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:31amYou are right,these people includeing this so called President have done more to destroy America as these gangsters have.Its time to go after and arrest for treason Obama and most of his so called Administration.
Report Post »Chris1000
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:29amI absolutely AGREE with you. What about the CROOKS in charge in DC??
Report Post »91AP
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:36pmHugs and kisses to PSadie. If you’re a lady.
Report Post »likwidlizard
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:10amHe’ll probably be dead before he ever hits a real prison cell. The FBI are a bunch of lawbreaking leeches too. They have no morals.
Report Post »SchenectadyScott
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:08amAbout freaking time! Now when are they going to get that Fat Tony Soprano in Northern Jersey?……
Report Post »91AP
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:31pmAfter the Jersey Shore zeroes, PLEASE!
Report Post »Akbarjonnie Shaheed
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 1:01amShould have know this would be the year for Whitey.
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 12:58amIt will always catch up to ya.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:38amObama is still on the run
Report Post »devilhasforktongue
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:02amWhy don’t you start off with Bush and that 6 Billion that went missing before we go after Obama. God forbid he lose 6 billion “whitey” would be looking for rope!!
Report Post »91AP
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:28pmHe only got “caught” when he couldn’t make his protection payments to the FBI. Odds on his “dying in custody”? Not that he knows who all the crooked FBI’s are and might tell all.
Report Post »United we stand
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 12:57amWhen will they go after the World Banker, British Royals, Elite mobsters?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:32amThey shoulda got him when the “census takers” took the coordinates of his home and photographed his front door.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:52amSo just when Holder’s @$$ is in the line of fire because of his gun-running enterprise,
Report Post »bam !! he comes up with the capture of Bulger .
Just like Obama got Osama ( or as they say for “ witness protection ”) when his numbers were sliding downhill.
GadsdenPatriot
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:31amAnother one of those mentally ill leftists found in a large city.
Report Post »Pendragon
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:16amI have an inside tip as for Soros that he is and has been under investigation for a while and they will be making the move here soon before the elections…..He and several people on the money trail all the way to the world bankers and from Brazil to the Nederlands and specifically a bank in the EU… the ties are amazing as I have heard the names involved should prove interesting as it unfolds
Report Post »Jarski
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:38amWhy, Blaze, every time I back up a page to the opening page, or just jump to the opening page, am I FORCED to listen to an advertisement. And when that’s done that stupid MOJO starts talking low. I will end my membership if this continues.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:41am.
Report Post »Whitey did it! Seems to be one of Obamas favorite lines…….
bbhouston
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:42am@republicorp
Yep…It looks like the king is having serious trouble raising money. The MSM keep throwing about that he’ll be armed with a billion dollar warchest. Me thinks he’s going to have a little trouble getting there……..
Report Post »Oh yea, and when is the FBI going to start arresting some bankers and congressmen for the financial meltdown. They must still be working with informants developing a case! Sometimes it does take awhile to develop a case…..
http://youtu.be/iW5qKYfqALE
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=1145392808
Rocky_biskit
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:11amI wonder what news this story is over shadowing?
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 8:33amaccording to mike barnicle on msnbc whitey is a modern day robin hood. he did so much for southie. actually barnicle only calls him jimmy. this is from same barnicle that was using other peoples work when he got fired from the globe(don’t know how to spell plagurism) so when barnicle attacks republicans, remember he thinks the child raper, serial killer, narcotics dealer and first class snitch bulger is a good guy. Barnicle made a career defending this guy
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 8:42amNext we need to go after the mobsters in the Whitehouse. The ones using our money to “Reward friends and punish enemies”.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 10:37am@United we stand
Report Post »Don’t you mean, when will they go after obama and his cronies in his appointed Czarships and his cronies in the Mob (oops, I mean the unions).
_waTson_
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:10pmSeriously, they must think we are all idiots with no teeth … yesterday they put this out on news that they are looking and WOWSER today they catch him. LMAO .. sad
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