Whitey Bulger
Irish-American gangster and crime boss (1929-2018) · United States · On the map · Died at 89
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish mob group based in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston.
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17-year-old Bulger in a 1947 mugshot
Bulger's 1959 mugshot at Alcatraz, age 30
Bulger's partner in crime, Stephen Flemmi
A FBI surveillance photograph of Bulger with Stephen Flemmi, c. 1980
Bulger's December 1983 mugshot
Photograph taken in 1994 (age 65)
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On December 23, 1994, Bulger went into hiding after his former FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him off about a pending RICO indictment against him. He remained at large for sixteen years. After his 2011 capture, federal prosecutors tried Bulger for nineteen murders based on grand jury testimony from Kevin Weeks and other former criminal associates.
