James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious Boston gangster on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list for his alleg

(1 Jul 2011) HEADLINE: Boston mob boss was hiding in plain sight
CAPTION: Boston mob boss James 'Whitey' Bulger, the FBI's most-wanted man and a feared underworld figure linked to 19 murders, was captured Wednesday after one of the biggest manhunts in U.S. history. (June 23)
FOR 16 YEARS ... AND ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS ... THE F-B-I CHASED ONE OF ITS MOST WANTED MEN...
NOW 81 ... BOSTON MOB BOSS JAMES 'WHITEY' BULGER WAS FINALLY ARRESTED ON WEDNESDAY.
MARKING THE END TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST MANHUNTS IN U-S HISTORY.
BUT BULGER WASN'T LIVING OVERSEAS....
INSTEAD AUTHORITIES ARRESTED HIM IN THIS QUIET CITY OF SANTA MONICA ...WHERE HE'D BEING LIVING WITH HIS COMPANION ... CATHERINE GREIG .... FOR YEARS.
THE TWO HAD BEEN PASSING THEMSELVES OFF AS JUST ANOTHER ELDERLY COUPLE ...
GREIG WAS FEATURED IN A SERIES OF RECENT DAYTIME TV ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE F-B-I.
AUTHORTIES SAY THE ADS LEAD TO THE TIP ... THAT LEAD TO THE ARREST.
BULGER APPEARED IN A LOS ANGELES COURT ON THURSDAY ....
HE'S WANTED FOR 19 MURDERS...
BULGER WAS BOSS OF THE WINTER HILL GANG ... SOUTH BOSTON'S NOTORIOUS IRISH MOB... AND WAS ALSO AN F-B-I INFORMANT.
HE FACES SEVERAL FEDERAL CHARGES INCLUDING MURDER ... NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION ... AND MONEY LAUNDERING.
BULGER WAS REMANDED TO MASSACHUSETTS TO FACE CHARGES.
HE WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A REMOVAL HEARING.

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