Whitey Busted in Santa Monica

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (CBS/AP) — Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was captured near Los Angeles after spending the last 16 years on the run during an epic manhunt that served as a major embarrassment to the FBI and made the fugitive a global sensation as he constantly found a way to elude authorities.

The FBI finally caught the 81-year-old Bulger Wednesday at a residence in Santa Monica along with his longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig just days after the government launched a new publicity campaign to locate the fugitive mobster, said Steven Martinez, FBI’s assistant director in charge in Los Angeles.

The arrest was based on a tip from the campaign, he said.

However, television ads from the campaign did not run in the Los Angeles area, but they were seen in San Diego and San Francisco.

The FBI had been conducting a surveillance operation in the area where the arrest was made, said police Sgt. Rudy Flores, who gave no details of the arrest.

So, after 16 years, Whitey Bulger has finally been brought to justice along with his ride-or-die bitch, Catherine Greig.  I've lived in MA most of my life, and I feel as though Whitey has become this sympathetic hero over his time on the run.  It seems as though people started to believe the tails that he was the Robin Hood of Southie.  This dude killed at least 19 people, was responsible for all the drugs in Southie and diddled little girls, and other mobsters hated him because he ratted them out to the feds.  Have fun in a federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.   

-Big Ran

Gangsta Grandma Robbing Fat Chicks!

Fontana, CA - A robber on the loose in Fontana turned Mother’s Day into a frightening experience for one local woman, who said the criminal was actually an elderly woman packing a gun.

Fontana police confirmed that a woman believed to be in her 80s held up another woman who was waiting for her husband in the parking lot of Kohl’s. The victim, who is nine months pregnant, said the robbery occurred in broad daylight, around 11:00 a.m. Sunday.

The alleged victim, who only identified herself as “Shelly,” talked to KCAL9 reporter Nicole Gonzales.

“When she approached me. She seemed like a nice old lady that might need directions, that’s what I was thinking,” she said. “I just thought, I’m dead. I kind of froze, and freaked out a little bit.”

The alleged perp is described as a white woman, 5 feet 2 inches tall and about 140 pounds. Shelly said the woman was wearing black sunglasses, blue jeans and kept a pink flowered scarf over her face. “She pointed her gun at me, said ‘Excuse me, ma’am. I need your purse.’ She pointed the gun at me and took off.”

She made her getaway in a black sedan, possibly a Dodge Neon, with tinted windows and a missing hubcap.

The elderly assailant got away with the victim’s purse.

Shelly and her baby are both fine, but, she said, “It’s the scariest thing that’s ever happened in my life.”

The comments on the article are awesome!  I cannot believe people take themselves so seriously on these things.  Anyway, the first thing I thought of was this lady:

Good luck finding an 80 year old Caucasian lady, they all look they same anyway. My two favorite parts from this story are the fact that the elderly gangsta's hoopdie had tinted windows and that she did it on MOTHER'S DAY!  That's friggin' great.

-Big Ran