FBI nabs ruthless Boston mob boss in California

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The chief federal prosecutor in Boston says the arrest of James
"Whitey" Bulger marks the moment when the former mob boss will finally
face justice.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz says the arrests of Bulger
and longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig mark the end of a long
exhaustive hunt.
The FBI finally caught the 81-year-old Bulger at an apartment in Santa Monica, Calif.
The arrests come 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.
Bulger had been on the run for 16 years.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
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 scared Dana into moving to Vegas LULZ!

He killed Oklahomans....let me at em, let me at em.

Did you see that Man VS. Food in Tulsa?

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2011/6/23/2239155/busted-boston-mob-boss-drove-ufcs-dana-white-out-of-town
UFC President Dana White often tells reporters the story of being
driven out of Boston by gangsters who wanted extortion payments from his
boxing gym. Well Dana can rest easy because the gang boss in question,
Boston's legendary Whitey Bulger, has been busted from CBS News:

Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was captured near Los Angeles
after spending the last 16 years on the run during an epic manhunt that
served as a major embarrassment to the FBI and made the fugitive a
global sensation as he constantly found a way to elude authorities.
The FBI finally caught the 81-year-old Bulger Wednesday at a
residence in Santa Monica along with his longtime girlfriend Catherine
Greig just days after the government launched a new publicity campaign
to locate the fugitive mobster, said Steven Martinez, FBI's assistant
director in charge in Los Angeles.

USA TODAY's Sergio Non compiles some of Whites tales about Bulger:

Before moving back to Las Vegas in the early 1990s, UFC
President Dana White managed a boxing gym in South Boston. But a run-in
with the Bulger enterprise convinced him to leave New England, White
said.

He's told the story to multiple news outlets, including Men's Fitness:

"Whitey Bulger had a bunch of goons working under him and they wanted
$2,500. At the time, that might as well have been $25,000 to me. I
didn't have it, so I went back to Vegas."

...
Who knows, man?" White told Peace Magazine. "I wonder if Whitey's still alive."

Bulger, and his knack for corrupting Boston and federal authorities, was the real life inspiration for Martin Scorsese's The Departed with Matt Damon and Leonard Di Caprio.
More from CBS News:

Prosecutors said he went on the run after being warned by John
Connolly Jr., an FBI agent who had made Bulger an FBI informant 20 years
earlier. Connolly was convicted of racketeering in May 2002 for
protecting Bulger and his cohort, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, also an
FBI informant.
Bulger was a top-echelon FBI informant., who provided the Boston FBI
with information on his gang's main rival, the New England Mob, in an
era when bringing down the Mafia was one of the FBI's top national
priorities.
But the Boston FBI office was sharply criticized when the extent of
Bulger's alleged crimes and his cozy relationship with the FBI became
public in the late 1990s.

Bulger's younger brother was also a political power in Boston. From Wikipedia:

Another younger brother, William Bulger, was formerly a popular and
influential leader of the Democratic Party in Massachusetts. In a long
political career, he rose to become President of the Massachusetts State
Senate. After his retirement he was appointed President of the
University of Massachusetts. In his 2002 testimony before the United
States Congress, William Bulger was grilled by legislators from both
parties. When asked what he thought his brother did for a living,
Senator Bulger responded: "I had the feeling that he was in the business
of gaming and... or whatever. It was vague to me, illegal but I
didn't... not all that violent... For a long while he had some regular
jobs but ultimately it was clear that he was not, he wasn't doing what
I'd like him to do. Let's just say I was naive in retrospect".

Bin Laden ain't got shit on Whitey Bulger!

I thought Matt Damon killed him.

Cue Barack Obama taking credit.