Whitey Bulger
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr is an Irish-American former organized crime boss of the Winter Hill Gang in Boston, Massachusetts.
During his reign he was involved in several murders.
He was in Federal prison from 1956-1965.
He was an informant for the FBI for agent John Connolly Jr.
Connolly protected protected Bulger and tipped him off before he was going to be indicted in 1994.
Bulger fled and became a fugitive for the next 16 years.
In 2009, Connolly was sentence to 40 years in prison.
In 2011, Bulger was in an apartment in Santa Monica, California.
He had $822k hidden in his apartment and a stockpile of weapons.
He went to trial in 2013 and was found guilty in participating in 11 murders.
He was sentence to two consecutive life terms.
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