Three inmates indicted in prison homicide of Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger

Three males had been indicted Thursday in the 2018 beating loss of life of a fellow inmate, the famed Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, the Department of Justice mentioned in a launch Thursday. Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 55, Paul “Pauly,” J. DeCologero, 48 and Sean McKinnon, 36, had been all charged with conspiracy to commit first diploma homicide.  

According to the Department of Justice, Geas, DeCologero and McKinnon had been inmates at United States Penitentiary Hazleton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia, after they allegedly killed Bulger in October 2018.

Geas and DeCologero are accused of hanging Bulger over the pinnacle repeatedly, inflicting the accidents that led to his loss of life. He was 89. 

In addition to the conspiracy prices, Geas and DeCologero have additionally been charged with aiding and abetting first diploma homicide and assault ensuing in severe bodily harm. Geas was moreover charged for homicide by a federal inmate serving a life sentence. McKinnon is charged with making false statements to a federal agent.

Bulger was most famously identified for his time as a Boston mob boss and was one of America’s most-wanted criminals. In 2013, he was convicted of 11 murders and different crimes, after which he was sentenced to 2 consecutive life phrases, based on the Associated Press. 

During his crime spree, Bulger additionally acted as an FBI informant, which many consider led to his prison loss of life. Law enforcement sources advised “CBS Mornings” in 2018 that Bulger’s eyes had been almost gouged out in the assault. 

His household sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons after his loss of life, alleging it failed to guard him from the boys, based on The Associated Press. 

“He was sentenced to life in prison, but as a result of decisions by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, that sentence has been changed to the death penalty,” Bulger’s lawyer beforehand mentioned.

Geas stays an inmate on the Hazleton Penitentiary and DeCologero remains to be in the federal prison system. McKinnon, who was on supervised launch, was arrested Thursday in Florida, the Department of Justice mentioned.