Three males have been indicted in reference to the brutal killing of James “Whitey” Bulger in jail.
The 89-year-old Boston gangster was bludgeoned to dying with a padlock stuffed in a sock Oct. 30, 2018, hours after being transferred to United States Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, W.Va. — a maximum-security jail.
Fotios Geas, 55, Paul DeCologero, 48, and Sean McKinnon, 36, every had been charged Wednesday with conspiracy to commit first diploma homicide, federal prosecutors introduced.
Geas and DeCologero, each of whom are accused of hitting Bulger within the head, have additionally been charged with aiding and abetting first diploma homicide, together with assault leading to severe bodily harm. Geas moreover faces a separate cost for homicide by a federal inmate serving a life sentence and McKinnon faces a separate cost of mendacity to a federal agent.
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Fotios “Freddy” Geas was one in every of three males charged in Bulger’s dying.AP
Geas stays incarcerated at USP Hazelton. DeCologero, whereas now not at Hazelton, stays housed in a federal jail. McKinnon, who was out on federal supervised launch on the time of the indictment, was arrested on Thursday in Florida.
Geas, a former Mafia hitman, might have been looking for revenge on behalf of Frederick Weichel, a person he befriended throughout their stint behind bars in Shirley, Massachusetts and who claimed Bulger framed him for a slaying 38 years in the past, the Boston Globe reported.
Bulger ran profitable felony rackets for Boston’s vicious Winter Hill Gang from the Nineteen Seventies via ’90s underneath the safety of crooked FBI brokers.
Bulger, the inspiration behind Jack Nicholson’s character in Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning film “The Departed,” went on the run in 1995 after getting tipped that he was about to be arrested.
He spent 16 years on the lam along with his girlfriends earlier than he was arrested in California in 2011.
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In 2013, he was convicted of dozens of felonies, together with participating in 11 murders, and was sentenced to 2 life sentences plus 5 years.
In Sept. 2019, the Bulger household sued the Division of Justice for $200 million, claiming it intentionally put the gangster in hurt’s approach.
“There’s merely no different clarification for the switch of somebody in his situation and inmate standing to be positioned within the common inhabitants of one of many nation’s most violent federal penitentiaries,” household legal professional Hank Brennan advised ABC Information. The swimsuit was dismissed by a choose earlier this yr.
In Nov. 2020, Bulger’s household sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons over his homicide. The lawsuit claimed the felony was “maybe probably the most notorious and well-known inmate” since Al Capone, in line with the Boston Globe, and sued the bureau for transferring a widely known “snitch” to a West Virginia jail recognized for inmate violence. That swimsuit was additionally dismissed this January.
All Amtrak services between New York and Boston have been restored after being suspended for around 7 hours on Saturday. FOX 5 NY’s Duarte Geraldino has the latest.
NEW YORK (AP) – Amtrak rail service between New York and Boston was restored after a lightning strike was believed to have caused a circuit breaker to malfunction, the rail service announced Saturday night.
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The malfunction caused a power outage on all tracks between Penn Station in New York and Union Station in New Haven, Connecticut, beginning Saturday afternoon.
Amtrak announced the service had been restored in a statement posted on its website.
Evening trains between Boston and Virginia were operating on schedule Saturday. Most trains were expected to be on schedule Sunday, although some Sunday train services were cancelled and others were expected to operate on a modified schedule, the company said.
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Customers with reservations on affected trains would be accommodated on trains with similar departure times or on other days, the rail service said Saturday.
Amtrak said it would waive additional charges for customers attempting to change reservations.
One week after the Boston Celtics captured the 2024 NBA championship, owner Wyc Grousbeck announced that his ownership group, Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C., intends to sell their stakes in the team. Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. issued a statement regarding the future sale.
“The managing board of the ownership group expects to sell a majority interest in 2024 or early 2025, with the balance closing in 2028, and expects Wyc Grousbeck to remain as the Governor of the team until the second closing in 2028.”
While there is uncertainty regarding who will be the franchise’s next owner, the Celtics’ starting lineup are contracted for the long term. Earlier this week, superstar Jayson Tatum signed a five-year $315 million supermax contract extension. Likewise, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis all are under contract through the 2026-27 campaign.
Per Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix, Tatum was “shocked” to learn about Wyc Grousbeck’s intentions to sell his stake in the Celtics. Tatum “hopes the foundation and structure doesn’t change” and said “what we built what we have, it’s a great thing. I don’t want things to change.”
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Next season, Tatum will be entering his eighth season as a member of the Celtics. The five-time All-Star was an essential part of Boston’s recent championship run, as he led the team in points, rebounds, and assists during the postseason.
BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston police have identified the Jamaica Plain man who was fatally shot on Shawmut Avenue early Friday morning.
Officers responding to a reported shooting in the area of 618 Shawmut Ave. around 1:30 a.m. found Warren Julien, 40, suffering from a gunshot wound, according to Boston police.
He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Boston Police Department’s Homicide Unit is actively reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding this incident. Anyone with information is strongly urged to contact the Boston Police Homicide Unit ay 617-343-4470.
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Community members wishing to assist in this investigation anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting the word “TIP” to CRIME (27463).
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