Whitey) Bulger

Three men have been indicted in the killing of James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious Boston gangster who was beaten to death in 2018 while serving a life ...

After Geas was named as a suspect in Bulger’s death, a private investigator who worked with him [told the Boston Globe](https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/10/30/freddy-geas-suspected-killer-whitey-bulger-didn-like-informants/McRR1z3xV6005dS3H6rTiL/story.html?p1=Article_Inline_Text_Link): “Freddy hated rats.” As a long-outed FBI-collaborator, Bulger had a target on his back, and his family [believed ](https://abcnews.go.com/US/whitey-bulgers-family-filing-wrongful-death-suit-doj/story?id=65759246)he was “deliberately placed in harm’s way.” [filed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-digest-whitey-bulgers-family-sues-saying-prison-system-did-not-protect-him/2020/11/03/d1b0534e-1b1f-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_15) a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Justice Department in 2020, asserting Bulger was “perhaps the most infamous and well-known inmate” since Al Capone and accusing officials of not sufficiently protecting him. Bulger was using a wheelchair at the time of his death, and prison surveillance footage captured two men steering him out of view, authorities said then. Geas and DeCologero are accused of repeatedly striking Bulger in the head — the blows that caused his death — and they face additional charges of aiding and abetting first-degree murder and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. He was transferred to Hazelton in October 2018 and was killed less than 24 hours after his arrival, He was arrested in Florida on Thursday. [bloody reign](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/whitey-bulger-boston-crime-boss-and-elusive-fugitive-is-killed-in-prison-at-89/2018/10/30/271ec004-dc61-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_5) as Boston’s most brutal gangster spanned three tumultuous decades. During his time as a fugitive, Bulger prompted a congressional inquiry and [inspired ](https://www.yahoo.com/video/whitey-bulger-the-departed-jack-nicholson-181940996.html)Hollywood villains. [reviewed ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/death-of-mob-boss-james-whitey-bulger-at-federal-prison-investigated-as-homicide/2018/10/31/c1c0e6cc-dd25-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_19)by The Washington Post in 2018, Geas, who went by Freddy, was serving a life sentence after two murder convictions and was a Massachusetts-based associate of New York’s Genovese crime family. [history of complaints](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/death-of-mob-boss-james-whitey-bulger-at-federal-prison-investigated-as-homicide/2018/10/31/c1c0e6cc-dd25-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_14) about inadequate staffing and a lack of control. [raising questions](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/death-of-mob-boss-james-whitey-bulger-at-federal-prison-investigated-as-homicide/2018/10/31/c1c0e6cc-dd25-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_8) about why he was moved and whether enough was done to ensure his safety after he was placed in the general population of one of the nation’s most violent prisons.

Three men have been indicted in the beating death of imprisoned Boston gangster and convicted murderer James "Whitey" Bulger, prosecutors announced ...

In addition to the conspiracy charge, Geas and DeCologero are charged with aiding and abetting first-degree murder and assault resulting in serious bodily injury, the statement said. Geas remains imprisoned at the Hazelton penitentiary and DeCologero is currently being held at a separate federal prison facility. He was finally found and arrested 16 years after he was indicted.

Notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger was beaten to death in prison in 2018.

McKinnon was on federal supervised release at the time of the indictment and was arrested in Florida. He was serving two life sentences for 11 murders when he was beaten to death, on the same day that he was transferred to the Hazelton penitentiary in West Virginia, which houses 1,385 inmates. The 89-year-old Bulger was discovered unresponsive in October 2018 at a maximum-security facility in West Virginia.

Zoom in: In addition to the conspiracy charge, Geas and DeCologero have also been charged with aiding and abetting first degree murder, along with assault ...

- McKinnon faces a separate charge of making false statements to a federal agent. "Pauly" DeCologero, 48, and Sean McKinnon, 36, were charged Wednesday with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, per a Gretchen Whitmer](https://www.axios.com/2022/06/30/judge-orders-new-trial-for-two-accused-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot) (D) in 2020, [AP](https://apnews.com/article/elections-presidential-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-grand-rapids-9ad8f100d32e7d5883b1be9d6c4cb8d5) reports. were also found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction in the form of a bomb, which they planned to use to destroy a bridge as part of the kidnapping plot. [James "Whitey" Bulger](https://www.axios.com/2018/10/30/whitey-bulger-boston-mob-boss-death-killing-prison), the former Boston mob boss who was beaten to death in prison. Three men were indicted Wednesday in connection to the 2018 killing of