Three men were indicted Thursday in connection with the 2018 Notorious Gangster James “White” Bulger DiesFederal prosecutors announced.
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Bulger was allegedly bludgeoned to death in a federal prison, according to prosecutors, by Photius Jess, 55, also known as “Freddy,” and Paul J. DiCologero, 48, known as “Polly.” Both are charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. A third man, Sean McKinnon, 36, is charged with making false statements to a federal agent and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Bulger was transferred to Hazelton Prison in the United States in Brutson Mills, West Virginia, and shortly thereafter he was murdered in federal prison on October 30, 2018.
Bulger, the leader of the Winter Hill gang in Boston, was a fugitive for 16 years before he was arrested by federal authorities, and later tried and convicted. Prior to his transfer to West Virginia Prison, the 89-year-old was being held in a federal prison in Florida.
Geas remains incarcerated in USP Hazelton, according to prison records, and is serving a life sentence for a separate offense. DeCologero is no longer in USP Hazelton custody but remains in custody in the federal prison system, and McKinnon was on federal supervised release at the time of the indictment and was arrested Thursday in Florida.
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Bulger, who was serving a life sentence, was transferred to West Virginia for no real reason, according to a lawsuit brought by his family.
A source familiar with his condition told ABC News that he suffered multiple heart attacks and was confined to a wheelchair, leaving his attorney baffled as to how Bulger’s medical condition suddenly improved to the point that he was able to move prisons.
“Mr. Bulger’s physical/medical condition was fraudulently upgraded to activate transportation and location to Hazleton on or about October 29 or October 30, 2018,” attorneys Hank Brennan and David Schoen wrote in an administrative lawsuit against the Department of Justice. A copy was obtained from ABC News and presented in 2019.
“To be clear, we do not believe that the transfer to Hazelton and employment in the general population was simply a dangerous, negligent, reckless and irresponsible matter; we believe it was also intentional and part of a conspiracy between the BOP, Department of Justice employees and others to intentionally cause Mr. and his death.”
Bulger’s death inside federal prison is just one high-profile unsolved death, the other being Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in Manhattan prison.
The Bureau of Prisons did not respond to ABC News’ request for comment.
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