BOSTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly Jr. cited "utterly explosive" statements of a former Mafia driver in his request for a new trial on racketeering charges.

MIAMI, July 12 (UPI) -- A 71-year-old gangster serving a life sentence will be the key government witness in the prosecution of a retired FBI agent in Miami on a murder charge.

BOSTON, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- An admitted mob killer jailed in Massachusetts may have cancer but officials are not letting him get medical treatment, the prisoner's attorney said.

BOSTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- A federal judge Monday sentenced a retired FBI special agent credited with putting many New England Mafia figures behind bars to 10 years and one month in prison for racketeering and obstruction of justice. John Connolly, 62, was convicted in May of prote

BOSTON, May 29 (UPI) -- A former FBI special agent once highly praised for recruiting gang bosses as underworld informants now faces lengthy prison time for protecting them. John Connolly remained free on bail Wednesday awaiting sentencing in August after being convicted of rack

BOSTON, May 28 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Boston Tuesday found a former FBI agent guilty of racketeering and obstruction of justice. The jury deliberated over two days before deciding John Connolly had been corrupted by top Boston gang bosses he recruited as informants.

BOSTON, May 23 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Boston begins deliberating Friday whether a former FBI agent was corrupted by his underworld informants or was a dedicated agent who risked his life to recruit criminal snitches for the agency's war against the Mafia. Closing arguments w

BOSTON, May 20 (UPI) -- The prosecution rested its case Monday at the federal trial of a former FBI agent accused of protecting Boston gang leaders who acted for decades as his underworld informants. John Connolly is on trial for racketeering, bribery and obstruction of justice.

BOSTON, May 7 (UPI) -- Mobsters and FBI agents will take the stand over the next several weeks in Boston at the federal racketeering trial of former FBI special agent John J. Connolly Jr., linked by the government to Boston gang leaders James "Whitey" Bulger and Steven "The Rif