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whiteys birth
James Bulger was born to irish immigrant parents in the Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. He is the second of six children. Hes really blonde hair got him the name "whitey" -
Bank Robbery
Bulger is sentenced to federal prison. After he was suspected of plotting an escape he was moved to Alcatraz to serve part of his term. -
William Bulger
Bulgers younger brother William is elected state House of Representatives. John Connolly was working on the compaign. -
mid-1960s
Gangster Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi develops a relationship with Boston FBI agent H. Paul Rico. -
Whiteys released
Bulger is released from prison. -
Flemmi
Flemmi is indicted for the murder of a mobster. Flemmi and Rico flee to boston -
William bulger
William Bulger is elected State Senate -
John Connolly
John Connolly arrests Salemme and is served 15 years in prison. this allows Connolly to transfer back to his hometown in boston -
Flemmi returns
Flemmi returns to Boston after criminal charges are dropped when several key witnesses recant. -
Edward Connors
Edward Connors is killed by Flemmi to prevent him from telling authorities about an earlier murder by the Winter Hill Gang. -
Deal
Bulger cuts a deal with Connolly to provide information on the Italian Mafia in exchanged for protection of the FBI -
William Bulger
William Bulger becomes president of the state Senate and goes on to serve in the post longer than anyone in its history. -
Control
Bulger anf Flemmi assume control of the Winter Hill Gang. -
planting a bug
Bulger and Flemmi help the FBI plant a bug in the north end headquarters of the Boston Mafia -
Roger Wheeler
Roger Wheeler is shot between the eyes in the parking lot of his country club. The killer was Winter Hill Gang John Martorano. -
preventing
Bulger and Flemmi allegedly gun down a former henchman in daylight to prevent him from telling him about the Wheeler murder. -
Bulger dissapears
Bulger disappears on the eve of his indictment -
indictment
Indictment comes down -
The FBI
The FBI, under court order, acknowledges that Bulger and Flemmi were “top echelon” informants. -
Connolly
Connolly is convicted of racketeering for warning Bulger -
Whiteys brother Testifies
William Bulger testifies congressional committee investigating the FBI’s ties to mobster informants such as his brother. -
William Resigns
William Bulger resigns as president -
Bulgers look a like
Federal and state law enforcement officials investigate leads and Whitey Bulger look-alikes in at least 19 countries -
recognizeing Bulger
Authorities release 26-year-old surveillance video of Bulger in the hope that someone will recognize him. -
Bulger and Catherine Greig
FBI releases video of a couple resembling Bulger and his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, in Italy -
Connolly is convicted
Connolly is convicted of second-degree murder in the hit on John Callahan -
targeting Greig
FBI announces an effort to target Greig in the hopes of reaching Bulger -
Bulger caught
Bulger aressted in Santa Monica with Greig. -
Greig gulity
Greig pleads gulity -
She still loves Whitey
Greig is sentenced to 8 years in prison. Her lawyer says she still loves Bulger and doesnt regret helping him -
cant get evidence
A judge rules that Bulger can’t present evidence at his trial about his claim that a now-deceased federal prosecutor gave him immunity for future crimes, including murder -
trail
opening statements in Bulgers trail begins -
guilty
The jury believed he took part in 11 of 19 killings. Sentencing is set for Nov. 13.