By A former mafia hitman who was already serving life in prison was sentenced to 25 years in custody on Friday, 6th of September, 2024 for the killing of notorious Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in his prison cell in 2018.
Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 57, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas Kleeh in Clarksburg, West Virginia, after striking a deal, opens new tab to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for having more serious murder charges that carried life in prison dropped.
Prosecutors said Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the 89-year-old Bulger in the head hours after he arrived at the troubled US Penitentiary, Hazelton, from another lockup in Florida in October 2018. Defense attorneys disputed that characterization, saying Geas hit Bulger with his fist.
Bulger lived a double life as one of Boston’s most notorious mobsters while also acting as a secret FBI informant. He went on the run in 1994 after he was tipped off by his FBI handler about a pending racketeering indictment against him and remained a fugitive until he was captured in California in 2011.
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