Ex-Mafia boss ‘Cadillac Frank’ Salemme dies in prison at 89
Once powerful New England Mafia boss Francis Salemme was serving a life sentence for the 1993 killing of a Boston nightclub owner. More
December 19, 2022
Whitey Bulger
Notorious Boston crime boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was murdered in a West Virginia prison while serving a life sentence for 11 murders and other crimes.
Man charged in Bulger slaying to stay locked up until trial
A man charged in the prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger will remain behind bars while he awaits trial. Sean McKinnon, 36, was on federal supervised release when he was arrested in Florida on charges including conspiracy to commit first degree murder. More
August 22, 2022
Justice Dept.: 3 men charged in Whitey Bulger’s killing
Fotios “Freddy” Geas, Paul J. DeCologero and Sean McKinnon are charged with conspiracy to commit first degree murder in the killing of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison. More
August 18, 2022
Authorities make arrest in 1984 killing linked to Bulger
Michael Lewis, the suspect in the 1984 shooting death of Brian Watson in Boston that authorities linked to mobster James "Whitey" Bulger, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. More
May 31, 2022
FBI releases trove of records on gangster ‘Whitey’ Bulger
The FBI has released hundreds of pages of records from notorious Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger's file. More
July 19, 2021
Ex-FBI agent linked to Whitey Bulger to be freed from prison
BOSTON (AP) — A former FBI agent convicted of second-degree murder for leaking information to Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger that led to the shooting death of a gambling executive will be released from prison on medical grounds, officials ruled Wednesday. The Florida Commission on Offender Review voted 2-1 in favor of releasing 80-year-old John […] More
February 18, 2021
Whitey Bulger’s family: Prison system did not protect him
BRUCETON MILLS, W.Va. (AP) — Family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison. The family filed the lawsuit against the […] More
November 3, 2020
“Whitey” Bulger juror says she regrets murder conviction
By MICHAEL REZENDES Associated Press EASTHAM, Mass. (AP) — The notorious crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger terrorized Boston from the 1970s into the 1990s with a campaign of murder, extortion, and drug trafficking, then spent 16 years on the lam after he was tipped to his pending arrest. In 2013, Janet Uhlar was one of […] More
February 18, 2020