Messina says he should be entitled to at least part of the $2 million reward.
This undated file booking photo, obtained by WBUR 90.9 - NPR Radio Boston, shows Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who was captured on June 22, 2011, in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the lam.BOSTON — A Las Vegas man who says he spotted James "Whitey" Bulger in Santa Monica, Calif., three years ago and called "America's Most Wanted" is angry that the FBI apparently ignored his tip.
Keith Messina tells the Boston Herald that all he wants from the FBI is an acknowledgment that he called in a tip after spotting a man he thought was Bulger while vacationing with his family in June 2008.
Bulger, a Boston mob moss and FBI informant, was caught in Santa Monica last month 16 years after he went on the run. He was wanted in connection with 19 murders.
Messina says he should be entitled to at least part of the $2 million reward the FBI says is going to a woman from Iceland.
The FBI had no comment.