A Vermont man implicated in the 2018 prison murder of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, is among three inmates who have agreed to a plea deal.
Bulger terrorized the Boston area in the ‘70s and ‘80s. He was convicted of 11 murders but suspected of many more. Authorities finally nabbed him in 2011 after years on the run. Bulger, prior to his arrest, was also an FBI informant, a fact that may have played a role in his own death. He was moved to a West Virginia prison in 2018, where the 89-year-old was beaten to death just hours after he arrived.
Sean McKinnon of Montpelier, along with Fotios Geas and Paul DeCologero, faced charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Geas, a convicted mafia hitman, was cellmates with McKinnon, who was serving time for stealing numerous guns from R&L Archery in Barre and trading them for drugs in Connecticut.
Prosecutors have said Geas and DeCologero took an active role in beating Bulger while McKinnon served as a lookout.
According to the New York Times, the three-page motion from prosecutors on Monday includes an agreement for McKinnon and the others to “cooperate” with the government in preparing a report detailing the circumstances of Bulger’s death.