{"id":451387,"date":"2011-06-30T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/30\/mob-boss-whitey-bulger-chained-and-shackled\/"},"modified":"2011-06-30T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T22:08:00","slug":"mob-boss-whitey-bulger-chained-and-shackled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/30\/mob-boss-whitey-bulger-chained-and-shackled\/","title":{"rendered":"Mob Boss Whitey Bulger &#8212; Chained and Shackled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div title=\"Mob Boss Whitey Bulger -- Chained and Shackled\" description=\"Flanked by an armed military escort ... and with his hands and feet locked in chains ... 81-year-old mobster Whitey Bulger emerged from a Coast Guard\u2026\" tweet=\"Check out Mob Boss Whitey Bulger -- Chained and Shackled from: @HarveyLevinTMZ\" url=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/06\/30\/whitey-bulger-helicopter-boston-massachustetts-coast-guard-chopper-district-court-fbi-top-ten-list-most-wanted\/\" thumbnail=\"http:\/\/ll-media.tmz.com\/2011\/06\/30\/0630-whitley-tmz-wm-100x100.jpg\" readability=\"47.7821782178\">\n<p>6\/30\/2011 3:08 PM PDT\u00a0by TMZ Staff\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"first\" \/>\n<p>Flanked by an armed military escort &#8230; and with his hands and feet locked in chains &#8230; 81-year-old mobster <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/person\/whitey-bulger\/\">Whitey Bulger<\/a><\/strong> emerged from a Coast Guard chopper in Plymouth, Mass. today after facing off with a Boston judge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"0630_whitley_tmz_wm_ex\" src=\"http:\/\/ll-media.tmz.com\/2011\/06\/30\/0630-whitley-tmz-wm-ex-credit.jpg\" \/><br \/>Bulger &#8212;\u00a0 a longtime staple on the FBI&#8217;s Most Wanted List &#8212; had just appeared in U.S. District Court in south Boston, where a judge granted his request to be represented by a public defender.<\/p>\n<p>Bulger has been charged with multiple murder counts, as well as conspiracy to commit murder, extortion, narcotics distribution and money-laundering charges stemming from his role as the leader of Boston&#8217;s infamous Winter Hill gang.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"0630_whitley_tmz_wm\" src=\"http:\/\/ll-media.tmz.com\/2011\/06\/30\/0630-whitley-tmz-wm-credit.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bulger had been on the run for 16 years &#8230; before federal agents located the mobster in Santa Monica, CA &#8212; where he had been living a pretty chill life with his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>FYI &#8212; <strong>Jack Nicholson<\/strong>&#8216;s character in &#8220;<strong>The Departed<\/strong>&#8221; was allegedly inspired by Bulger&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"continued\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/person\/whitey-bulger\/\">Whitey Bulger<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/category\/celebrity-justice\/\">Celebrity Justice<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2011\/06\/30\/whitey-bulger-helicopter-boston-massachustetts-coast-guard-chopper-district-court-fbi-top-ten-list-most-wanted\/\" title=\"Mob Boss Whitey Bulger -- Chained and Shackled\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mob Boss Whitey Bulger &#8212; Chained and Shackled<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 6\/30\/2011 3:08 PM PDT\u00a0by TMZ Staff\u00a0\u00a0 Flanked by an armed military escort &#8230; 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