Prosecution Rests in Case Against James 'Whitey' Bulger

By Chris Orchard/Summerville Patch

Federal prosecutors rested their case Friday in the trial against gangster James "Whitey" Bulger.

In the end, prosecutors called 63 witnesses to the stand in their effort to convict Bulger of 19 murders and other crimes he allegedly committed, according to Boston.com.

On Friday, the prosecution called to the stand Special Agent Scott Garriola, head of the FBI's fugitive task force in Los Angeles, who led the operation to capture Bulger in 2011, according toBostonHerald.com.

Garriola talked about the cache of 30 weapons and $822,000 in cash hidden in the Santa Monica, Calif. apartment Bulger shared with his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, the news website reported.

The FBI agent told jurors about how they lured Bulger out of his apartment by telling him someone had broken into his storage locker, according to WBUR.

Bulger also had in his apartment books written by Kevin Weeks, Bulger's former lieutenant, and Bulger associate Patrick Nee, another South Boston gangster who's been implicated murders, the radio station said.

Bulger's defense team will begin calling witnesses on Monday, Boston.com reported. The news website said the gangster's lawyers haven't decided whether or not to put Bulger on the witness stand.

WBUR said the case could go to the jury as early as Wednesday, but that's unlikely.

Speaking of Nee, the 70-year-old will one of many underworld characters in a new Discovery Channel reality TV show called "Saint Hoods," which follows "crews" from South Boston, Dorchester and Roslindale that are involved in the sports-gambling business, according to the TV station and the Boston Globe.

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