Retired FBI Agent Goes on Trial in Mob Case
MASSACHUSETTS
A retired FBI agent went on trial in Boston on charges he let two high-ranking mob informants literally get away with murder.
John Connolly, 61, is charged with racketeering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy for allegedly protecting James J. “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi from prosecution, and for providing the reputed gangsters with confidential law enforcement information.
Federal prosecutor John Durham said Connolly tipped off Bulger in 1994 that he was about to be indicted. The reputed gangster disappeared and is now on the FBI’s most-wanted list. The indictment against Bulger links him and his associates to 21 murders. Flemmi is awaiting trial for his alleged role in 10 murders.
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