A former Mafia hitman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday in the 2018 fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger.

The man accused of acting as lookout during the prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger won’t serve additional prison time after pleading guilty Monday to a charge of lying to federal agents.

Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors.

Federal prosecutors say they will not pursue the death penalty against two men charged with the prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger. Prosecutors said in a court filing on Wednesday that in the event Fotios “Freddy” Geas, a former Mafia hitman, and Paul J. DeCologero, a Massachusetts gangster, are convicted of first-degree murder in Bulger’s beating, they...

The Justice Department’s inspector general is recommending that at least six Bureau of Prisons workers be disciplined.

Sean McKinnon said in a jailhouse interview that the notorious gangster’s transfer to a West Virginia prison, where he was killed within hours, was an open secret among the inmates.

New details revealed in court show that inmates at a troubled West Virginia prison where James “Whitey” Bulger was beaten to death found out ahead of time that the notorious Boston gangster would be arriving.

The USP Coleman II penitentiary in central Florida has long been known as a safe place for government informants and other marked men in the federal prison system.  But when James “Whitey” Bulger arrived in 2014, Charles Lockett, the warden at the time, wasn’t going to take any chances. He said he kept Bulger away from the general population...

Fifty-five-year-old Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 48-year-old Paul “Pauly” DeCologero, and 36-year-old Sean McKinnon were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the beating death of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison in 2018

He was one of the most infamous criminals to ever be killed behind bars. And investigators narrowed in on suspects immediately after his shocking slaying in a West Virginia prison.