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  • NAME: Whitey Bulger
  • OCCUPATION: Organized Crime Boss
  • BIRTH DATE: September 03, 1929 (Age: 83)
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Dorchester, Massachusetts
  • Nickname: Whitey
  • Full Name: James Joseph Bulger Jr.
  • AKA: James Bulger
  • AKA: James Joseph Bulger
  • ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo

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James "Whitey" Bulger was a preeminent figure in Boston's organized crime scene from the 1970s until the mid-'90s, when he fled the area. He was captured in California in 2011, and now faces numerous charges, including money laundering, extortion and participating in 19 murders.

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Fugitive

In the spring of 1994, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Massachusetts State Police and the Boston Police Department launched an investigation into Bulger's gambling operations. In early 1995, Bulger and his associate, Stephen Flemmi, were indicted. Bulger, however, managed to slip through the authorities grasp. According to federal sources, Bulger's FBI handler, longtime friend Special Agent John Connelly, tipped Bulger off to the 1995 indictment,

allowing the criminal to flee with his common law wife, Theresa Stanley.

Bulger returned a month later, after Stanley decided that she wanted to return to her children, but fled again soon after with a mistress, Catherine Greig. In 1999, Bulger was officially named on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list, at one point being designated the bureau's second most-wanted man, behind only Osama bin Laden. A $1 million reward was issued for providing any information leading directly to his arrest.

Capture and Trial

Bulger's reign of Boston's underworld came to an end in June 2011, when he was caught and arrested in Santa Monica, California. He had been living there with Greig at the time, and had continued to pursue a life of crime, according to authorities.

Jury selection in Bulger's trial began in early June 2013. Bulger faces a 33-count indictment, including money laundering, extortion, drug dealing, corrupting FBI and other law-enforcement officials, and participating in 19 murders. He's also been charged with federal racketeering for allegedly running a criminal enterprise from 1972 to 2000.

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