Famed crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger arrested in Santa Monica

Los Angeles Times ^ | June 22, 2011 | None Cited

[No One Special]

Legendary Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who has been on the run for more than a decade, was arrested Wednesday in Santa Monica, multiple law enforcement sources told The Times.

Bulger, 81, has been the subject of several books and was the inspiration for "The Departed," a 2006 Martin Scorsese film staring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson.

Bulger fled Boston in late 1994 as federal agents were about to arrest him in connection with 21 killings, racketeering and other crimes that spanned the early 1970s to the mid-1980s.

He was arrested by the FBI inside a building without incident, according to the sources, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak on the matter. The details surrounding his arrest were unclear Wednesday night.

[mylife]

Naw... http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/01/more_than_100_arrested_in_mob.html

I’m sure it’s all just good old law enforcement, or some sort of coinkydink.

[OddLane]

[warsaw44]

I wonder if they put the arm on his girlfriends sister.

[mylife]

They want it ALL

WTF do you think the bail outs were about?
They got set up their soldiers.

There is no way these guys aren’t involved directly with the Chicago mob.

[GOPsterinMA]

Great point!!! Is she still alive?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Can you imagine how many people in Boston right now have turned an ugly shade of gray thinking about Bulger talking?

Oh yeah! All those pinky-ringed members of the hack-o-rama at the State House are getting urgent phone calls about now... In a state where the last 3 House Speakers have been convicted of crimes, and the FBI office was corrupt, anything is possible.

[razorback-bert]

How did they capture him without a SWAT team shooting everything up?

[TCH]

OH NO! HOWIE GOT SCOOPED!

[mylife]

IMHO the Chicago mob is running the country now.

Theres always go syndicate go betweens, but these guys are tired of what ever leverage they had, and are rolling on them.

They want all the rackets.

[warsaw44]

Yes. and living in a house in Quincy owned by Whitey's girlfriend. No one seemed to know who was paying the property taxes on the place though.

” like living heah in this house? Ya know your sistah’s an accessory to a murdarah ? We might have to take the house, ovah here...”

[Cyman]

I thought he might be renting the in-law suite in Abbottobad

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Wonder if he was visiting Tom Hayden (Mr. Hanoi)?

[Mjaye]

The 2 mill on his head may have played a part....

[C210N]

Howie’s gonna have to update his “Whitey Watch” site:

Yeah, turn it into a "Waiting for the Dec 2012 zer0 pardon Whitey Watch" watch...

[cynwoody]

It will be interesting to hear the reaction of brother Billy, the Corrupt Midget, and a long-time former Mr Speakah of the Massachusetts House.

[LibFreeOrDie]

It's official! The FBI's 10 Most Wanted list shows Whitey as "Captured".

[cynwoody]

If y'all hurry, you can have the honor of updating Whitey's Wikipedia entry.

[LibFreeOrDie]

And Whitey's girlfriend, Catherine Greig:

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[nutmeg]

Howie has got to be laughing himself to death right this minute. Whats this add to book sales? 500,000 more sales?

What a scene the Bulger trial will be.

Wow, this is big news! Howie Carr's show on Thursday will be priceless...