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Associated Press
Alanna Durkin- Wealthy
Boston (AP) — Three men, including a mafia hitman, murder notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" was indicted on Bulger is in prison in West Virginia, the Justice Department said Thursday.
The indictments against Fotios “Freddy” Geas, Paul J. DeCologero, and Sean McKinnon came nearly four years after Bulger's murder. This raised the question of why the known "snitch" was placed on the public rather than being more protective. housing. The man was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Bulger was transferred from a Florida prison in October 2018, where he was serving a life sentence for 11 counts of murder and other crimes. Beaten to death in Hazelton.
Geass faces separate charges of murder by a federal inmate serving a life sentence, and McKinnon faces separate charges of lying to federal investigators.
According to law enforcement officials at the time, Geass and De Cologero were identified as suspects shortly after Bulger's death, but were never charged as the investigation dragged on for years. The family told The Boston Globe.
Bulger's family had previously filed a lawsuit against the Federal Prison Service and 30 unnamed prison system employees for failing to protect him. He was the third inmate to be killed in six months at USP Hazelton, where he has long warned of dangerous conditions.
Bulger, who ran a largely Irish mob in Boston in the 1970s and his '80s, became a gang leader at a time when defeating the Mafia was a top national priority. He served as an informant for the FBI, criticizing his rival. Federal Bureau of Investigation. He later became one of the country's most wanted fugitives.
