Former Tewksbury Resident On the Stand in Bulger Trial

Former Tewksbury resident and retired Massachusetts State Police Lt. Robert Long is one of the 82 witnesses for the prosecution in the trial against James "Whitey" Bulger, according to the Lowell Sun. 

Long is expected to testify on a 1980 investigation into Bulger he headed that ended up being compromised by snitches from within the law enforcement community, according to the Sun. 

As part of the investigation, Long, along with other members of the State Police, had bugged a garage on Lancaster Street in Boston where Bulger and other members of his gang operated out of, the Sun reports. 

Bulger was eventually tipped off to the investigation, leading State Police to suspect the FBI as the likely leak, according to the Sun. 

A trooper, Richard Schneiderhan, a lieutenant in the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Unit, was later uncovered as the snitch and convicted of obstruction of justice and conspiracy, the Sun reports. 

You can read the full story from the Lowell Sun here.