James `` Whitey '' Bulger had been an FBI informant for 16 years before being indicted . Testimony : Bulger tipped off about the indictment in years by FBI handler James `` Whitey '' Bulger . Connolly has been convicted of being corrupted by James `` Whitey '' Bulger . One neighbor , 88-year-old Catalina Schlank , told CNN she saw the couple she knew as the Gaskos regularly . Bulger faces murder and racketeering charges after mid-'90s on the run .
James `` Whitey '' Bulger had been an FBI informant for 16 years before being indicted . Testimony : Bulger tipped off about the indictment in years by FBI handler James `` Whitey '' Bulger . Connolly has been convicted of being corrupted by James `` Whitey '' Bulger . Bulger faces murder and racketeering charges after mid-'90s on the run .