A member of the jury that took five days of deliberations before convicting Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger guilty on 31 of the 32 counts against him told the media about how heated the arguments became in the jury room, according to USA Today.
After a seven-week long trial that revealed mass corruption within law enforcement Bulger was convicted of 11 murders, extortion, money-laundering and gun charges. Bulger will be facing potential life imprisonment when he is sentenced on Nov. 13.
Scott Hotyckey, an unemployed biotech worker, served on the jury. Hotyckey told WBZ-TV that the jury's deliberations were filled with anger, slammed doors, and arguments. Some of the jurors even feared that a conviction mind end up with retribution from organized crime figures connected to Bulger.
"It was insane. There was all kinds of dissension," Hotyckey told WBZ-TV. "It was heated. People slamming doors, people leaving, people wanting to get off the jury."
The 47-year-old juror said that he felt there was a strong enough case to convict Bulger for every one of the 19 murders that he was charged with as well as the rest of the crimes. Other jurors did not find the testimony of certain witnesses, in particular Bulger's former right hand man Steven "The Rifelman" Flemmi, credible enough for a conviction, according to USA Today.
Although things got quite heated in the jury room Hotyckey said that 11 of the 12 members still decided to go out to dinner together after the verdict, according to WBZ-TV.
When Bulger was arrested by police in Santa Monica, Calif., the police seized over $800,000 in cash. Even with expenses for all of the years on the run it is thought that Bulger made far more money off of his criminal enterprises. The Daily Mail claims that an unnamed source has told them that Bulger has hidden money waiting to be found.
"It will be in safety deport boxes and stashed away. It'll be sitting there in cash," the source told the Daily Mail. "Somebody knows where the keys to those boxes are and where the money is just like somebody knew where the bodies were buried."
Until someone goes on the record or the money is found this is just a rumor. MSN News contacted the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and DEA to ask about the reported money and did not receive immediate answers.
