An ex-Mafia hitman is set for sentencing in the prison killing of gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger

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An ex-****** hitman is set for sentencing in the prison ******** of gangster James ‘*******’ Bulger

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A former ****** hitman is set to be sentenced in the fatal prison bludgeoning of notorious Boston gangster

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after making a deal with prosecutors to change his plea from not guilty.

Federal prisoner Fotios “Freddy” Geas is scheduled to appear Friday in U.S. District Court in northern West Virginia.

Prosecutors said Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the 89-year-old Bulger in the head hours after Bulger arrived at the U.S. Penitentiary, Hazelton in West Virginia from another lockup in Florida in October 2018.

Bulger, who ran the largely Irish mob in Boston in the 1970s and ’80s, served as an FBI informant who ratted on his gang’s main rival, according to the bureau. Bulger strongly denied ever being a government informant.

Bulger became one of the nation’s most wanted fugitives after fleeing Boston in 1994. He was captured at age 81 after more than 16 years on the run and

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in a string of 11 killings and dozens of other gangland *******.

Geas, whom authorities say was a ****** hitman, is already serving a life sentence for previous violent *******. He was charged with ******* and *********** to commit first-degree ******* in Bulger’s ******, which each carry a sentence up to life. Last year the Justice Department said it

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It’s unclear from court filings how Geas will plead, but the court scheduled the sentencing for the same plea hearing.

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for Geas and two other Hazelton inmates were disclosed May 13, and an attorney for Geas did not oppose the government’s motion.

Another prisoner, Massachusetts gangster Paul J. DeCologero, was

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in August on an ******** charge. Prosecutors said he acted as a lookout while Geas beat Bulger. A third inmate, Sean McKinnon,

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to lying to FBI special agents and was given no additional prison time.

An inmate witness

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that DeCologero told him Bulger was a “snitch” and they planned to ***** him as soon as he came into their unit.

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