A younger Whitey Bulger, pictured in a mug shot above. He was shown in a Boston police booking photo in 1953. (Image: Boston Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nVegas Ties<\/h2>\n
While living in California, Bulger reportedly sometimes would visit Las Vegas. It also was alleged that two of Bulger\u2019s reputed associates, Steve \u201cthe Rifleman\u201d Flemmi and \u201cCadillac\u201d Frank Salemme, were investigated for a Nevada crime.<\/p>\n
Pete Poulos was killed in the desert in 1969, KLAS<\/em>, a local TV station, reported. The inquiry was eventually dropped.<\/p>\nAfter his capture, some of Bulger\u2019s firearms were displayed at Las Vegas gun shows. He was so notorious that the Las Vegas\u2019 Mob Museum had exhibits on Bulger.<\/p>\n
Death Aftermath<\/h2>\n
When Bulger was killed, those who were his victims, or linked to his victims, had a sense of relief. One example is Patricia Donahue.<\/p>\n
Her husband, Michael Donahue, was killed in a 1982 fatal shooting linked to Bulger, the Mob Museum reported.<\/p>\n
“All I really wanted to do was get that champagne bottle and pop that cork,\u201d Patricia Donahue told the New York Times<\/em> after his death. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time waiting. Now my family can relax a little bit, now that we don\u2019t have to worry about hearing his name all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three were indicted Wednesday in connection with the 2018 prison death of notorious organized crime boss James \u201cWhitey\u201d Bulger. The gangster, who also acted as an FBI informant, was frail and wheelchair-bound when he was fatally beaten by a padlock stuffed inside a sock inside his prison cell. The defendants linked to his death were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":227392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[13766,82415,23,24],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Whitey Bulger\u2019s Alleged Killers Indicted, Crime Boss Was Linked to Vegas<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n