by mike68 » Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:32 am
https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-fre ... r/41504171#
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/03/ ... onviction/
- thirty five years in jail
- threatened by Whitey not to name Tommy Barrett as the real killer of Bobby Lamonica or he'd be dead (and Whitey would have gotten away with killing him too)
- beaten and stabbed in jail during those 35 years
- now the government/state doesn't want to compensate him
Weichel said he was stunned when he learned days after the shooting that police considered him a potential suspect. Then, he was terrified when Bulger showed up outside his apartment in the D Street housing project that June, repeatedly beeping the horn on his blue Chevrolet until Weichel climbed into the back seat.
Weichel recalled that Bulger turned to face him and said: “If you ever mention Tommy Barrett’s name, I’ll kill you. And if I can’t get you, I’ll get your mother and your sister.”
His voice cracking with emotion, Weichel told jurors Bulger said “he was going to cut my head off and kick it down the street like a head of lettuce. He told me not to mention Tommy Barrett’s name ever.”
Weichel said he assured Bulger, “I never will.”
https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-fred-weichel-stand-whitey-bulger-threat-braintree-murder/41504171#
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/03/metro/whitey-bulger-hangs-over-trial-south-boston-man-seeking-compensation-wrongful-conviction/
- thirty five years in jail
- threatened by Whitey not to name Tommy Barrett as the real killer of Bobby Lamonica or he'd be dead (and Whitey would have gotten away with killing him too)
- beaten and stabbed in jail during those 35 years
- now the government/state doesn't want to compensate him
[quote]Weichel said he was stunned when he learned days after the shooting that police considered him a potential suspect. Then, he was terrified when Bulger showed up outside his apartment in the D Street housing project that June, repeatedly beeping the horn on his blue Chevrolet until Weichel climbed into the back seat.
Weichel recalled that Bulger turned to face him and said: “If you ever mention Tommy Barrett’s name, I’ll kill you. And if I can’t get you, I’ll get your mother and your sister.”
His voice cracking with emotion, Weichel told jurors Bulger said “he was going to cut my head off and kick it down the street like a head of lettuce. He told me not to mention Tommy Barrett’s name ever.”
Weichel said he assured Bulger, “I never will.”[/quote]