Crime & Safety

List of Charges, Jury Findings in the Bulger Trial

The jury reached a decision in all but one charges and predicates in the case.

The jury in the James "Whitey" Bulger trial came back with the following verdicts:

  • As to COUNT ONE (Racketeering Conspiracy): Guilty

  • As to COUNT TWO (Racketeering Substantive Offense): Guilty

Count two carried several predicate charges, which jurors had to unanimously find as “proven” or “not proven.”

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 1: Conspiracy to Murder Members of the Notorangeli Group: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 2: Murder of Michael Milano: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 3: Murder of Al Plummer: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 4: Murder of William O’Brien: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 5: Murder of James O’Toole: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 6: Murder of Al Notorangeli: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 7A: Conspiracy to Murder James Sousa: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 7B: Murder of James Sousa: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 8: Murder of Paul McGonagle: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 9: Murder of Edward Connors: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 10A: Conspiracy to Murder Thomas King: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 10B: Murder of Thomas King: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 11: Murder of Francis “Buddy” Leonard: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 12: Murder of Richard Castucci: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 13A: Conspiracy to Murder Roger Wheeler: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 13B: Murder of Roger Wheeler: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 14: Murder of Debra Davis: NO FINDING

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 15: Murder of Brian Halloran: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 16: Murder of Michael Donahue: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 17A: Conspiracy to Murder John Callahan: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 17B: Murder of John Callahan: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 18: Murder of Arthur “Bucky” Barrett: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 19: Murder of John McIntyre: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 20: Murder of Deborah Hussey: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 21: Extortion Conspiracy (Rent): Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 22: Extortion of Richard O’Brien: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 23: Extortion of Kevin Hayes: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 24: Extortion Conspiracy (Fines): Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 25: Extortion of Michael Solimando: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 26: Extortion of Stephen Rakes and Julie Rakes: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 27: Extortion of Richard Bucheri: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 28: Extortion of Raymond Slinger: Not Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 29: Narcotics Distribution Conspiracy: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 30: (Concealment) Money Laundering Conspiracy: Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 31: (Concealment) Money Laundering (Sale of 295 Old Colony Ave., South Boston, Massachusetts): Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 32(A): (Concealment) Money Laundering (Sale of 295 Old Colony Ave., South Boston, Massachusetts): Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACTS NO. 32(B) – 32(PPP): (Concealment) Money Laundering (Mortgage Payments): Proved

      • RACKETEERING ACT NO. 33: (Concealment or Promotion) Money Laundering (Transfer of $10,000 to John Martorano): Proved
      • As to COUNT THREE (Extortion Conspiracy: Rent): Guilty

      • As to COUNT FOUR (Extortion of Kevin Hayes): Not Guilty

      • As to COUNT FIVE (Concealment Money Laundering Conspiracy): Guilty

      • As to COUNTS SIX through TWENTY-SIX (Concealment Money Laundering (Mortgage Payments)): Guilty

      • As to COUNT TWENTY-SEVEN (Concealment or Promotion Money Laundering (Transfer of $10,000 to John Martorano)): Guilty

      • As to COUNT THIRTY-NINE (Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Violent Crime): Guilty

      • As to COUNT FORTY (Possession of Machineguns in Furtherance of Violent Crime): Guilty

      • As to COUNT FORTY-TWO (Possession of Unregistered Machineguns): Guilty

      • As to COUNT FORTY-FIVE (Transfer and Possession of Machineguns): Guilty

      • As to COUNT FORTY-EIGHT (Possession of Firearms with Obliterated Serial Numbers): Guilty

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