Lifelong Mafia Hitman Bags Extra 25 Years for Brutal Murder of Informant ‘Whitey’ Bulger in Prison

A Mafia hitman already serving life for murder was sentenced to 25 years on Friday for the prison killing of James “Whitey” Bulger.

Fotios “Freddie” Geas, who is associated with the Genovese crime family, admitted to his involvement in the brutal killing of James “Whitey” Bulger, an FBI informant for many years. Prosecutors stated that Geas used a lock attached to a belt to bludgeon Bulger to death, although Geas claims he used his fists.

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Bulger, once the leader of the Irish Mob in Boston, was 89 years old, wheelchair-bound, and in frail health when attacked just hours after being transferred to USP Hazelton in West Virginia in October 2018. His eyes were nearly gouged out, and his tongue was almost cut off.

The violent end mirrored Bulger’s violent life. As the boss of Boston’s Winter Hill Gang, Bulger controlled gambling, extortion, loansharking, truck hijackings, and arms trafficking rackets across eastern Massachusetts from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. In 2013, he was convicted of 11 murders.

Bulger’s dual identity as a criminal and an FBI informant allowed him to eliminate many competitors while running his operations with near impunity. His cooperation with the feds earned him numerous enemies.

Geas, known as a reputed enforcer for the Genovese crime family out of Springfield, Massachusetts, could not become a made man due to his Greek ethnicity. Geas often worked with his brother, Ty Geas. The Genovese family is allied with the Patriarca Crime Family, also known as the New England Mafia, which was significantly weakened by Bulger’s FBI cooperation.

Geas has been in prison since 2011 after being convicted of multiple crimes, including the 2003 murder of crime boss Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno. Initially charged with murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in relation to Bulger’s death, he ultimately pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and assault resulting in serious bodily injury. His new sentence will run consecutively with his existing life sentence.

Fellow inmate Paul J. DeCologero, who acted as a lookout during the attack, was sentenced to more than four years in prison in August on an assault charge. A third prisoner, Sean McKinnon, pleaded guilty in June to lying to the FBI about the incident and received no additional prison time.

Bulger famously went on the run in 1994 when his FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him off that a federal case was being built against him. The gangster remained a fugitive for the next 16 years until agents traced him to an apartment in Santa Monica, where he had been living quietly with his partner, Catherine Greig. In November 2023, Bulger was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment for murder racketeering.