Hearing on Release of Whitey Bulger's Girlfriend Continued Until Wednesday

A hearing on whether Catherine Greig will remain in jail while awaiting trial was continued until Wednesday.

Greig's attorney sought to have her released on bond and be confined to a relative's home while her case pends. 

The hearing Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court went longer than expected, lasting nearly 2 hours, as details of Greig and Bulger's time on the run were revealed.

Greig, 60, is the girlfriend of alleged South Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger. The couple in June after 16 years on the run.

Greig faces a charge of harboring a fugitive for accompanying Bulger on the lam. Bulger fled Boston in 1996 to avoid facing a slew of murder charges and other allegations.

Prosecutors allege Bulger either directly committed or ordered others to commit 19 murders in the 1970s and 1980s while he was one of the most prominent figures in Boston organized crime.

Bulger, the alleged mobster, former head of Boston's notorious Winter Hill Gang, and FBI informant from South Boston, disappeared in the mid-1990s and became one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives.

His corrupt relationship with FBI agents proved to be an embarrassment to the agency, and he fled when an agent leaked to him word of an impending indictment. When Bulger was caught, the FBI was offering a $2 million reward for information that led to his capture.

Check back for more details on today's hearing.