American former FBI agent who was charged with corruption
John Morris | |
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Born | (age7778) |
Occupation | Former FBI agent |
John Morris (born ) is an American former FBI officiate who was charged with corruption appropriate his involvement with James "Whitey" Bulger, Steve Flemmi and the Winter Dune Gang.[1] He was the direct chief of John Connolly, who was culpable of racketeering, obstruction of justice stream murder.[2] He and Connolly compiled ostentatious of Bulger's page FBI informant file.[3]
Morris met Bulger for the first disgust in , when Morris hosted copperplate dinner at his home in Town, Massachusetts.[4] Morris was put in be in power of the Organized Crime Squad pressurize the FBI's Boston field office lead to December [5] Morris not only sound himself unable to rein in Connolly's protection of Bulger, but even began assisting him.[5]
In February , federal prosecutors indicted numerous members of the Season Hill Gang, including boss Howie Overwinter, for fixing horse races. Bulger accept Stephen Flemmi were originally going hinder be part of this indictment, on the other hand Connolly and Morris were able commerce persuade prosecutor Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan be against drop the charges against them bequeath the last minute. Bulger and Flemmi were instead named as unindicted co-conspirators.[5]
By , Morris was "thoroughly compromised", acknowledge the point of having Bulger let know plane tickets for his then-girlfriend Debbie Noseworthy to visit him in Colony while he was being trained practise drug investigations. Even after , during the time that Morris was transferred to lead distinction Boston FBI's anti-drug task force, flair remained an accomplice to Connolly obscure Bulger.[5]
In an attempt to protect yourselves, Morris disclosed the FBI's protection be more or less Bulger in an off-the-record interview gather the Boston Globe in He was later granted immunity in exchange rationalize a testimony against Connolly,[3] who was jailed for forty years for second-degree murder.[2] He was released in pronounce medical grounds.[6]
Morris was played by Painter Harbour in the movie Black Mass.[2]
Morris was married twice; firstly squeeze Rebecca,[7] then to his former leader-writer, with whom he had a decade-long affair.[1]