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Man convicted of ’93 mob hit in Sharon moved from W. Va. prison where James “Whitey” Bulger was killed
By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,December 20, 2018, 9:36 a.m.
A former Burlington plumber serving a life sentence for a 1993 mob hit in Sharon has been moved from the West Virginia prison where Southie gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was murdered in October, records show.
Paul M. Weadick, 63, the former plumber doing life for the 1993 slaying of a club owner, was recently moved from USP Hazelton, where Bulger was killed, to USP Canaan in Waymart, Pa., according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.
The reason for the move wasn’t clear. Weadick hasn’t been implicated in the fatal beating of Bulger, which remains under investigation.
A BOP spokesperson said the agency does not disclose the reasons for moving specific inmates. The BOP site says inmates can be transferred for a variety of reasons including health, security, and programming needs.
Weadick’s lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Weadick and former New England mob boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, 85, were convicted in federal court in Boston in July of murdering club owner Steven DiSarro to keep DiSarro from cooperating with the FBI.
Both men were sentenced to life in prison, and are appealing their convictions. Salemme remains locked up at a federal transfer facility in Brooklyn, according to the BOP site.
Salemme detested Bulger and testified against Bulger’s corrupt FBI handler, John Connolly, who’s serving a 40-year bid for helping Bulger commit a murder.
Weadick was incarcerated at USP Hazelton in West Virginia when the 89-year-old Bulger, serving life for a host of crimes including 11 murders, was bludgeoned to death within hours of his arrival at the prison.
No one’s been charged with killing Bulger, but four inmates at Hazelton have been linked to the slaying. Weadick is not among that group of suspects.
Among the four suspects is Fotios “Freddy” Geas, a Mafia hitman from West Springfield who is serving a life sentence for two murders. The Globe has reported that law enforcement officials said Geas has admitted he attacked Bulger but claims he acted alone.
Shelley Murphy and Kevin Cullen of the Globe Staff contributed to this report. Travis Andersen can be reached at
travis.andersen@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @TAGlobe.