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Post by Smurfette Principle on Jun 23, 2011 9:40:55 GMT -5
Finally.SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was captured near Los Angeles after 16 years on the run that embarrassed the FBI and exposed the bureau's corrupt relationship with its underworld informants.
After an international manhunt, the FBI finally caught the 81-year-old Bulger at an apartment in Santa Monica along with longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig on Wednesday, just days after the government launched a publicity campaign to locate the fugitive crime boss by circulating pictures of Greig on daytime TV and on billboards, the FBI said.
The arrest was based on a tip from the campaign, said Steven Martinez, FBI assistant director in Los Angeles. He would not give details.
Bulger had a $2 million reward on his head and rose to No. 1 on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list after Osama bin Laden was killed.
An inspiration for the ruthless gangland boss in the 2006 Martin Scorsese movie "The Departed," Bulger was wanted for 19 murders. One victim was shot between the eyes in a parking lot at his country club in Oklahoma. Another was gunned down in broad daylight on a South Boston street to prevent him from talking about the killing in Oklahoma. Others were taken out for running afoul of Bulger's gambling enterprises.
"He left a trail of bodies," said Tom Duffy, a retired state police major in Massachusetts. "You did not double-cross him. If you did, you were dead."
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Post by Amaranth on Jun 23, 2011 9:44:58 GMT -5
16 years? Does this mean he's taken Bin Laden's "Hide and Seek" championship?
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Jun 23, 2011 14:19:11 GMT -5
Well, the American government seems to be doing a bang-up job of finding people lately. I guess reading all of those "Where's Waldo" books has been helping them out  |
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Post by Shane for Wax on Jun 23, 2011 14:20:47 GMT -5
Now we just need to find Carmen Sandiago.
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Post by Amaranth on Jun 23, 2011 17:43:07 GMT -5
Now we just need to find Carmen Sandiago. IMPOSSIBLE. |
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Post by Thejebusfire on Jun 23, 2011 17:44:13 GMT -5
I'M CARMEN SANDIAGO!
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Post by HarleyThomas1002 on Jun 23, 2011 19:31:22 GMT -5
I'M SPARTACUS!
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Post by Iczer-Four on Jun 23, 2011 19:37:13 GMT -5
NO! I'M SPARTACUS!
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Post by tygerarmy on Jun 23, 2011 19:42:06 GMT -5
Now we just need to find Carmen Sandiago. IMPOSSIBLE. Exactly, I mean she could be anywhere in the world? And even if you're in the right spot, would you be in the right time? |
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 23, 2011 20:38:57 GMT -5
16 years? Does this mean he's taken Bin Laden's "Hide and Seek" championship? Haha, bin Laden loses again. |
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Post by Amaranth on Jun 23, 2011 21:26:56 GMT -5
You owe me 600 years in back pay, then. |
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Post by dakotabob on Jun 24, 2011 13:11:52 GMT -5
Now dump his body in the ocean and Bin Laden can have a friend to play with.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Jun 24, 2011 21:36:50 GMT -5
Now dump his body in the ocean and Bin Laden can have a friend to play with. He's... still alive... and being interrogated... |
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Post by jackmann on Jun 24, 2011 22:07:10 GMT -5
Okay, so we give him cement shoes.
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Post by Dragon Zachski on Jun 25, 2011 0:21:32 GMT -5
Okay, so we give him cement shoes. Most Appropriate Post in the Thread Award TM |
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