‘Whitey’ Bulger’s girlfriend, already in prison for helping him, indicted on

A federal grand jury indicted Tuesday Catherine Greig on a criminal contempt charge after refusing to testify on whether other people helped her longtime boyfriend and former Boston Irish mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger while he was running from law enforcement, according to the Associated Press.

Catherine Greig (grehg) was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on one count of criminal contempt.

The 63-year-old woman is now serving an eight-year sentence for helping Bulger elude federal authorities. She could face additional jail time as a result of the new charge. The indictment against her alleges she has refused to testify for a grand jury for 10 months about if other individuals helped Bulger hide out from law enforcement.

Police found $8000,000 in cash and more than 30 weapons, including a sawed off shotgun, in Greig and Bulger’s apartment after they were apprehended.

Bulger is serving life in prison after being convicted of playing a role in 11 murders in Boston.

McCusker questioned the fairness of punishing Greig more harshly than some of Bulger’s underworld associates who were given short prison terms for murder in exchange for cooperating with the government.

“My sister may eventually be spending as much time in prison for being with someone she loved as his associates who killed and or buried people”, McCusker said.

Bulger left Boston in 1994 in order to escape arrest and prosecution.

Greig is expected to be transported from a federal penitentiary in Minnesota to Boston to be arraigned in U.S. District Court in Boston on the new charge, said Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz. No date has been set yet. Reddington did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment on the new indictment Tuesday. The jury at Bulger’s trial issued a “no finding” in Davis’ death. To date the families have not received any of that money. He claims she knows nothing about anyone who may have helped him.