(BOSTON) JULY 26 -LAWYERS FOR JAMES WHITEY BULGER – ONE OF BOSTON’S MOST NOTORIOUS CRIME FIGURES WHO RAN THE CITY’S UNDERWORLD FOR 25 YEARS – HEAD TO A MID-LEVEL FEDERAL APPEALS COURT MONDAY TO ARGUE FOR A NEW TRIAL.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE:
WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED IN 2011 IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, BULGER HAD BEEN ON THE RUN FOR SIXTEEN YEARS. A NUMBER OF FILMS AND T-V SHOWS INCLUDING “THE DEPARTED,” THE SHOWTIME SERIES “BROTHERHOOD,” AND “RIZZOLI AND ISLES” ARE BASED ON THE WHITEY BULGER STORY AND THAT OF HIS BROTHER, A FORMER STATE SENATE PRESIDENT.