http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/us/23bulger.html
This gives a couple of more details why this is kind of a big deal, for both Boston and the Feds:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/06/23/police_mobster_whitey_bulger_arrested_in_calif/
Amazed they didn't find him in Abbottobad.
Quote from: Cain on June 23, 2011, 07:47:25 AM
Amazed they didn't find him in Abbottobad.
Amazed they didn't find him chilling out in a bar in
Southie.
ETA: Ok, Somerville.
Blight,
Anarchangel's practice space is not far from Winter Hill.
Oh man, Howie Carr is going to go on for weeks about this.
Shit!
Daaamn. Didn't think I'd live to see this happen.
I know right? He's just one of those guys that in 2030 or something the Feds take him off the most wanted list because he's probably dead.
Except they actually caught him.
Because of his girlfriend.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on June 23, 2011, 07:06:11 PM
Because of his girlfriend.
Dillinger had a thing or two to say about that.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on June 23, 2011, 07:06:11 PM
Because of his girlfriend.
Old mobsters need loving too.
I'm not sure why, but hey, why not?