Whitey Bulger, Catherine Greig expected in federal court in Boston Friday
(CBS/WBZ/AP) BOSTON - After 16 long years as a fugitive, Whitey Bulger was expected to be returned home to Boston Friday.
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Bulger, the former leader of the violent Winter Hill Gang, was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, along with his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig.
Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, told CBS affiliate WBZ that Bulger and Greig could have an initial appearance in federal court in South Boston as early as Friday afternoon.
He faces charges of murder, conspiracy, narcotics distribution, extortion and money laundering.
"We expect Mr. Bulger and Ms. Greig here today but logistical arrangements are still being worked out," she said.
Investigators said they were able to lure Bulger out of his apartment Wednesday evening with a "ruse."
Specifics of the ruse were not revealed, but according to the Wall Street Journal Friday, agents called Bulger in the apartment and told him "his storage locker might have been broken into."
Once he came outside, he was arrested.
Inside, authorities found dozens of weapons and $800,000 in cash. Some guns were hidden in hollowed out books and some of the money was stuffed inside the apartment walls, according to the Journal.
Bulger's capture could become a new chapter in an old scandal for the Boston FBI and others.