An FBI agent says the longtime girlfriend of reputed former Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger told a California hairdresser she "liked bad boys."
Special Agent Michael Carazza testified Wednesday at a bail hearing for Catherine Greig, reports CBS station WBZ.
She's charged with harboring a fugitive. Bulger and Greig were captured last month in Calfornia after 16 years on the run.
Carazza said Greig told the hairdresser that she knew her husband, apparently referring to Bulger, was a bad boy when she married him but had mellowed.
The couple had posed as husband and wife. Greig's lawyer argues she didn't participate in serious crimes and left Boston with Bulger when many people saw him as a "hero-like figure."
Longtime Whitey Bulger associate Kevin Weeks also took the stand on Wednesday to testify on Greig's behalf. He told the court he traveled to Chicago in 1996 to make fake IDs for Whitey and Catherine. He portrayed Greig as a nice woman. "She's a strong person," he stated on the stand. "She's a caring, compassionate person." Weeks also noted that Bulger never included Catherine in "business" and said she was never violent. Family members of
Bulger's victims were set to testify against Greig. They want her to stay behind bars, arguing she protected a murderer for 16 years.
Thanks to CBS News
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Hugo Sanchez, Suspected Child Predator, Wanted by FBI
Robert D. Grant, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is asking for the public’s help in locating a former Chicago resident who is wanted for the August 2003 sexual assault of three minor children.
HUGO SANCHEZ, age 35, whose last known address was 5416 South Washtenaw in Chicago, has been the subject of an international manhunt coordinated by the Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) since 2008, when he was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, which is a felony offense.
SANCHEZ is believed to have fled the state in August of 2003, shortly after being charged in Cook County Circuit Court with predatory criminal sexual assault. Investigation by the Chicago Police Department developed evidence linking SANCHEZ to the sexual assault of the children, resulting in the charges that were filed against him. SANCHEZ was arrested and initially was held without bond. However, bond was eventually posted and he was released from custody but he failed to appear at his next scheduled court hearing.
SANCHEZ is described as a Hispanic male, 5’8” tall, 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
The search for SANCHEZ is being coordinated by the Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) which is comprised of FBI special agents, detectives from the Chicago Police Department and investigators from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police.
Anyone recognizing SANCHEZ or having any information as to his current whereabouts is asked to call the Chicago FBI at (312) 421-6700 or any law enforcement agency.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
HUGO SANCHEZ, age 35, whose last known address was 5416 South Washtenaw in Chicago, has been the subject of an international manhunt coordinated by the Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) since 2008, when he was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago with one count of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, which is a felony offense.
SANCHEZ is believed to have fled the state in August of 2003, shortly after being charged in Cook County Circuit Court with predatory criminal sexual assault. Investigation by the Chicago Police Department developed evidence linking SANCHEZ to the sexual assault of the children, resulting in the charges that were filed against him. SANCHEZ was arrested and initially was held without bond. However, bond was eventually posted and he was released from custody but he failed to appear at his next scheduled court hearing.
SANCHEZ is described as a Hispanic male, 5’8” tall, 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
The search for SANCHEZ is being coordinated by the Chicago FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force (VCTF) which is comprised of FBI special agents, detectives from the Chicago Police Department and investigators from the Cook County Sheriff’s Police.
Anyone recognizing SANCHEZ or having any information as to his current whereabouts is asked to call the Chicago FBI at (312) 421-6700 or any law enforcement agency.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt and that all defendants in a criminal case are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Monday, July 11, 2011
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