Book Explores Relationship Between FBI Informant and Mobster ‘Grim Reaper’

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A new book explores the secret world of FBI informants, questioning the extent of bureau protection for killers and other criminals, U.S. News & World Report said. “Deal With the Devil: The FBI’s Secret Thirty-Year Relationship with a Mafia Killer” is written by investigative reporter and former ABC correspondent Peter Lance, who…

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Man Claims to Have Original Wire Taps Used on Mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Reznikoff wants a hefty price – nearly $4,000 – on eBay for some circuit boards, wires and digital cards. Then again, they aren’t just any computer scraps, the Connecticut resident claims. UPI.com reports that Reznikoff bought the equipment for $500 from the president of a Boston electronics recycling company, where a pallet…

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Massachusetts Prosecutors Mull State Charges Against Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger, His Former Associates

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It might not be over yet for notorious mobster and convicted killer James “Whitey” Bulger and his former associates. Prosecutors in Massachusetts are exploring whether they can charge Bulger and others with murder and other crimes now that the federal trial is over, the Boston Globe Press reports. One associate that…

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Whitey Bulger Convicted of Murder and Racketeering

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In what came as no surprise, the homicidal Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was convicted  Monday of  racketeering conspiracy and numerous racketeering acts of murder, extortion, narcotics distribution, money laundering and possession of firearms including machineguns. The convictions that are likely to keep him behind bars for the remainder of his life. …

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Families of Victims Await Justice As ‘White’ Bulger Trial Enters 5th Day of Deliberations

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As jurors begin their fifth day of deliberations in the racketeering and murder trial reputed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger today, relatives of victims are hoping for some closure and justice, the USA Today reports. Theresa Barrett Bond, however, may never get that closure because she has lost trust in the law…

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