Former Mafia hitman set to be sentenced for prison murder of mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger – LocalNews8.com

Associated Press

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former mob hitman is set to appear in federal court Friday to face sentencing for the fatal beating of notorious Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in a West Virginia prison. Prosecutors say Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly strike the 89-year-old Bulger in the head hours after Bulger arrived from a Florida prison in October 2018. Geas is already serving a life sentence for other violent crimes. He was charged in Bulger’s death with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, each of which carries a sentence of up to life in prison. Two other inmates were sentenced earlier this year.