'Whitey' Bulger's girlfriend indicted on criminal contempt charge
BOSTON - The longtime girlfriend and fugitive companion of Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger has been charged for refusing to testify about whether other people helped Bulger during his 16 years on the run.
Catherine Greig was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on one count of criminal contempt.
Greig is serving an eight-year sentence for identity fraud and conspiracy to harbor a fugitive. If convicted of the new charge, the 64-year-old Greig could face additional prison time.
The indictment alleges that from December 2014 through Tuesday, Greig refused to testify before a grand jury.
Bulger fled Boston in 1994 and remained a fugitive until he was captured in Santa Monica, California, in 2011. He had been living with Greig.
Bulger was convicted of participating in 11 murders.