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James ‘Whitey’ Bulger has been arrested. The notorious Irish American gangster from Boston, wanted for at least 19 murders, was caught in Santa Barbara, California by the FBI.
He was head of the ‘FBI Most Wanted list’ and had a $2 million price tag on his head. He had been on the run for 16 years after a rogue FBI agent had tipped him off he was about to be arrested for murder.
Bulger, like Osama Bin Laden, had his own special FBI unit dedicated to his capture. They were the only two with such a distinction.
It is believed an FBI campaign aimed at Bulger’s companion, Catherine Greig, who has been on the run with him, led to the arrest on Wednesday night at a private residence.
The FBI has focused on Greig and had run advertisements about her and the reward on women orientated shows.
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Greig they said, had had numerous plastic surgeries, got her teeth cleaned very frequently and was a dog lover.
The arrest was announced by the FBI in Los Angeles and Boston. The agency confirmed that it was the focus on Greig that had led to the tip off.
Just last Monday F.B.I. agents announced their ads. “There is someone in the United States or elsewhere in the world who knows Catherine Greig as a neighbor, friend or co-worker,” Special Agent Richard DesLauriers said.
One tipster has previously stated he saw Bulger watching the Boston gangster movie “The Departed” based in part on him in a role played by Jack Nicholson at a theater in San Diego in 2006.
Bulger, whose parents were Irish-born, is a brother of former Massachusetts Senate President William Bulger, and was known to have obtained an Irish passport through his parents. It was speculated at one point that he was on the lam in Ireland.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Bubbastudd | Jun 23, 2011, 05:52 PM EDT
Whitey wins. He did it his way for 81 years.
Reilleyfam | Jun 23, 2011, 12:58 PM EDT
A true psycho - no love for him just because he's Irish. But basically he reigned from 1965-1995 and they've caught him at age 81. By almost any analysis "he got away with it."
jdi2269 | Jun 23, 2011, 12:19 PM EDT
BULGER AND HIS BROTHER AND THE KENNEDYS WERE ALL PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC MAFIA IN MASSACHUSETTS !!!!
hyattsville | Jun 23, 2011, 11:31 AM EDT
Apparently he's 81 and in poor health, no wonder he surrendered.
larslofan | Jun 23, 2011, 10:36 AM EDT
Ah, folks, he was busted in Santa Monica, not Santa Barbara. Maybe now the fbi (lower case intentional)can start weeding out the multitude of corrupt, double-dealing agents in their ranks. If nothing else, to give the tax payers a break.
joma5004 | Jun 23, 2011, 10:05 AM EDT
The only thing to be done now is to hang him and his brother Billy (you know the politician/crook) at the same time. Then we will be done with the Bulgers once and for all!
Springfield9 | Jun 23, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
Well, now he'll go to the Federal Nursing home.