gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Jun 23, 2011 9:08am
He has been wanted for 19 murders and has been on the lam for 16 years.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/23/whitey_bulger_surrenders_in_calif_after_16_years_on_run/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/23/whitey_bulger_surrenders_in_calif_after_16_years_on_run/
Mohican00
Posts: 3,394
Jun 23, 2011 9:27am
he's got a funny name
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jun 23, 2011 9:44am
Sweet, an 81 year old dude is off the streets lol
coyotes22
Posts: 11,298
Jun 23, 2011 9:45am
Thats a long time to be on the run.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Jun 23, 2011 9:46am
isn't this guy's story what the departed was based on?
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Jun 23, 2011 9:47am
SportsAndLady;811016 wrote:Sweet, an 81 year old dude is off the streets lol
Think Frank Costello from The Departed, as his character was based off of Bulger. Doesn't matter how old he is, its good that he was caught.
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Jun 23, 2011 9:47am
j_crazy;811020 wrote:isn't this guy's story what the departed was based on?
Yep ... if this goes to trial, the FBI is gonna be sweating bullets.
4cards
Posts: 2,551
Jun 23, 2011 10:00am
...If convicted, what sentence would he get, LIFE? He's only a few months away from the grave as it is @ 81.gorocks99;810993 wrote:He has been wanted for 19 murders and has been on the lam for 16 years.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/06/23/whitey_bulger_surrenders_in_calif_after_16_years_on_run/
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Jun 23, 2011 10:01am
4cards;811029 wrote:...If convicted, what sentence would he get, LIFE? He's only a few months away from the grave as it is @ 81.
My guess is they'll stall the trial enough that he croaks before being sentenced to anything, yeah.
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jun 23, 2011 10:09am
karen lotz;811022 wrote:its good that he was caught.
Why though? Was he still shooting up people? Was he still running a criminal business?
Or just because of all the terrible things hes done in the past, it's good they finally got him for those?
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Jun 23, 2011 10:16am
SportsAndLady;811038 wrote:Why though? Was he still shooting up people? Was he still running a criminal business?
Or just because of all the terrible things hes done in the past, it's good they finally got him for those?
Uhhh, yeah. You think just because he's 81 and the 21 or however many murders were in his past there is no need to arrest him?
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Jun 23, 2011 10:25am
karen lotz;811045 wrote:Uhhh, yeah. You think just because he's 81 and the 21 or however many murders were in his past there is no need to arrest him?
I didn't say there is no need to arrest him..I just am not sitting here going, "thank god, we are now safer with this guy off the streets!"
If they would have caught this guy in his prime, great...but I'm not gonna get all excited about catching someone decades after all his damage was done. Like, cool we got em, but what took so long? And why are we celebrating the fact that we couldn't catch this guy til he was 81 freakin years old
THE4RINGZ
Posts: 16,816
Jun 23, 2011 11:27am
I read both "The Westies" and "The Bulger Brothers", this cat did some craaaaaazy shit back in the day.
I, like, a lot of people thought he had fled the country (Ireland was the most likely place) and died of natural causes there.
I, like, a lot of people thought he had fled the country (Ireland was the most likely place) and died of natural causes there.