After spending 16 years on the run, Boston-based mafia kingpin James "Whitey" Bulger will face a federal judge in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday to face charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, narcotics distribution, extortion and money laundering, among others.
Bulger, who inspired aspects of Jack Nicholson's character in the Oscar-winning 2006 film The Departed, has appeared on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list -- with a $2 million reward for key info -- in connection with 19 murders he's tied to.
Bulger's girlfriend Catherine Greig, 60, faces charges of harboring a fugitive in her court hearing Thursday.
An FBI informant himself for two decades, Bulger disappeared in January 1995 after he was told an indictment was headed his way.
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