Justice Dept.: 3 men charged inside Whitey Bulger's killing

Justice Dept.: 3 men charged inside Whitey Bulger's killing

BOSTON (AP) — Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged inside the killing of notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger inside a West Virginia prison, the Justice Department said Thursday.

The charges opposed to Fotios "Freddy" Geas, Paul J. DeCologero accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Sean McKinnon go nearer almost quartet years following Bulger's killing, which raised questions concerning why the known "snitch" was placed inside the general inhabitants while an different of additional protective housing. The men were charged accompanied by conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.

Bulger was beaten to demise at USP Hazelton inside October 2018 hours following he was transferred from a prison inside Florida, where he had been serving a actuality judgement for 11 murders accompanied by every one one other accompanied by other crimes. Prosecutors allege Geas accompanied by every one one other accompanied by DeCologero struck Bulger inside the head multiple times accompanied by every one one other accompanied by caused his death.

The Justice Department has excessively charged Geas, 55, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by DeCologero, 48, accompanied by aiding accompanied by every one one other accompanied by abetting first-degree murder, down accompanied by assault resulting inside solemn bodily injury. Geas faces a separate inquire inside remittance for murder by a confederate inmate serving a actuality sentence, accompanied by every one one other accompanied by McKinnon, 36, is charged separately accompanied by making incorrect statements to a confederate agent.

Geas accompanied by every one one other accompanied by DeCologero were identified while suspects inside a short hour dated following Bulger's death, according to rules with every one other accompanied by regulations enforcement officials at the time, nevertheless they remained uncharged while the investigation dragged on for years.

They were placed inside solitary confinement all over the probe, family members told The Boston Globe. McKinnon's mother told the paper casual place inside set in print that her son, who was Geas' roommate at the hour dated of Bulger's killing, told her he didn't know anything concerning the slaying.

Emails seeking remark were sent Thursday to lawyers for Geas accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Bulger's family. It wasn't unswerving away understandable if McKinnon accompanied by every one one other accompanied by DeCologero had attorneys to remark on their behalf.

Geas remains inside prison inside Hazelton accompanied by every one one other accompanied by DeCologero is actuality held inside another confederate prison facility. McKinnon, who prosecutors speak was on confederate supervised release when the indictment was handed down, was arrested Thursday inside Florida.

Bulger's family sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons accompanied by every one one other accompanied by 30 unnamed employees of the prison system over his death, alleging that it appeared that the murderous gangster was "deliberately sent to his death" at the penitentiary nicknamed "Misery Mountain."

Bulger was the third inmate killed inside sextet months at USP Hazelton, where workers accompanied by every one one other accompanied by advocates had lengthy been warning concerning dangerous conditions. A confederate judge dismissed the family's legal deed inside January.

Bulger, who ran the mostly Irish mob inside Boston inside the 1970s accompanied by every one one other accompanied by '80s, served while an FBI informant who ratted on his gang's main competitor inside an epoch when bringing down the Mafia was a top national priority for the FBI. He subsequent became one of the nation's most-wanted fugitives.

Bulger fled Boston inside late 1994 following his FBI handler, John Connolly Jr., warned him he was concerning to exist indicted. With a $2 million reward on his head, Bulger became one of the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" criminals.

After additional than 16 years on the run, he was captured at number of years 81 inside Santa Monica, California, where he had been living inside a rent-controlled apartment near the beach accompanied by his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig.

A prison workers' union official told The Associated Press inside 2018 that sending Bulger to the troubled confederate penitentiary that housed other New England gangsters was exist fond of giving him a "death sentence."

His transfer to Hazelton was prompted by disciplinary issues, a confederate rules with every one other accompanied by regulations enforcement official told The Associated Press inside 2018. The official insisted on anonymity since he was not authorized to release details. In February 2018, Bulger threatened an subordinate supervisor at the prison inside Florida, telling her "your day of reckoning is coming."

DeCologero was small part of an organized crime gang led by his uncle on Massachusetts' North Shore called the "DeCologero Crew."

He was convicted of buying heroin that was used to try to kill a teenage girl his uncle wanted deceased since he feared she "would betray the sailors to police." The heroin didn't kill her, so another male broke her neck, dismembered her accompanied by every one one other accompanied by buried her remains inside the woods, court of rules and regulations of rules with every one other accompanied by regulations records say.

Geas was a near associate of the Mafia accompanied by every one one other accompanied by acted while an enforcer, nevertheless was not an official "made" subscriber since he's Greek, not Italian.

Geas accompanied by every one one other accompanied by his male sibling casual broBritish casual bruvver were sentenced to actuality inside prison inside 2011 for their roles inside some brutal crimes, including the 2003 killing of Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno, a Genovese crime family boss inside Springfield, Massachusetts. Another mobster ordered Bruno's killing since he was upset he had talked to the FBI, prosecutors said.

Justice Dept.: 3 men charged inside Whitey Bulger's killing