The people running the Italian-American mob these days would have only been qualified to be coffee boys in the old days. They still exist but there has been a serious brain drain. Russians took it over.
Sammy is from a different era. But you never know. They got Whitey Bulger in prison recently and he was 89.
Bulger was transferred from the
Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City to
United States Penitentiary, Hazelton, in West Virginia on October 29, 2018.
[20][97] At 8:20 a.m. on October 30, the 89-year-old Bulger
[98] was found dead. Bulger was in a wheelchair and had been beaten to death by multiple inmates armed with a sock-wrapped padlock and a
shiv. His eyes had nearly been gouged out and his tongue almost cut off;
[99][100][101] a law enforcement official described Bulger as "unrecognizable".
[96] This was the third homicide at the prison in a 40-day span.
[102] Correctional officers had warned Congress just days before the most recent Hazelton death that facilities were being dangerously understaffed.
[100] Massachusetts-based
mafia hitman
Fotios "Freddy" Geas is the primary suspect in orchestrating the killing of Bulger, and has not disputed his role in the murder.
[99][103][104] Geas, 51, and his brother were sentenced to life in prison in 2011 for their roles in several violent crimes, including the 2003 killing of
Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno, a
Genovese crime family boss who was shot in a
Springfield, Massachusetts parking lot.
[105] According to
ABC News, Bulger's medical status had been lowered on October 8, 2018, shortly before he was transferred.
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