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Where's Whitey? 16 yr. riddle now has a definitive answer....
To say that James "Whitey" Bulger of South Boston was a one-man crime wave doesn't quite approach it. He was a crime tsunami! Since he went on the lam after being tipped off of his pending arrest in Dec '94 he has been on the run. He was such an embarrassment to the F.B.I because he once worked for them as informant and for a long time the rumor was they didn't want to find him. Most of his associates and his former F.B.I handler are already doing long streches in federal prison. And he now will be too. A modern crime legend is now an addled 81 yr old man facing his judgement day.
This is amazing because with a genuius I.Q. and millions of dollars he made as Boston's undisputed Irish mob king pin, he looked likely to stay on the run forever.... Simply put for 16 & 1/2 years Bulger was smarter and cagier than all the best law enforcement people looking for him. His Santa Monica, CA apartment contained 30+ fire arms and a whopping $800,000 cash when he was lured outside earlier this week on an F.B.I ruse. He moved to #1 on the F.B.I most wanted list after the death of Osama bin Laden. A short #1 fugitive reign it was though.
As with everything else with Whitey it will be interesting what kind of a deal he will cut with law enforcement. Rumor is he has the "goods" on several public officials and law personnel to use as a bargaining tool. Stay tuned....
Wonder if he buried any of his ill-gotten gains anywhere
He was after all a modern-day swashbuckler!
HH
-spyguy
To say that James "Whitey" Bulger of South Boston was a one-man crime wave doesn't quite approach it. He was a crime tsunami! Since he went on the lam after being tipped off of his pending arrest in Dec '94 he has been on the run. He was such an embarrassment to the F.B.I because he once worked for them as informant and for a long time the rumor was they didn't want to find him. Most of his associates and his former F.B.I handler are already doing long streches in federal prison. And he now will be too. A modern crime legend is now an addled 81 yr old man facing his judgement day.
This is amazing because with a genuius I.Q. and millions of dollars he made as Boston's undisputed Irish mob king pin, he looked likely to stay on the run forever.... Simply put for 16 & 1/2 years Bulger was smarter and cagier than all the best law enforcement people looking for him. His Santa Monica, CA apartment contained 30+ fire arms and a whopping $800,000 cash when he was lured outside earlier this week on an F.B.I ruse. He moved to #1 on the F.B.I most wanted list after the death of Osama bin Laden. A short #1 fugitive reign it was though.
As with everything else with Whitey it will be interesting what kind of a deal he will cut with law enforcement. Rumor is he has the "goods" on several public officials and law personnel to use as a bargaining tool. Stay tuned....
Wonder if he buried any of his ill-gotten gains anywhere
He was after all a modern-day swashbuckler!HH
-spyguy
He was on slick character, played both the FBI and The Italian mob like there was no tomorrow. There are 3 great books covering Whitey now, and I am hoping he is able to tell the rest of his story... 
I wonder how many accounts he has and where they are 
He is not about to bury cash, and I doubt he would have stashes, because he trusts no one. 
