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A Google Street View of the Princess Eugenia Apartments where Whitey Bulger was arrested Wednesday.

By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff

Two Boston Police officers – one of whom was off-duty -- were injured today in two crashes that took place within moments and six blocks of each other on the same major Roxbury road, police said.

Department spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said the first crash took place around 10:25 a.m. when an off-duty officer riding on his personal motorcycle was involved in a motor vehicle crash.

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By Shelley Murphy, Globe staff

MIAMI -- A Florida jury began its deliberations today in the murder trial of retired FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. The six-man, six-woman panel worked for an hour in the late afternoon on the case, in which the once-respected Boston lawman is accused of leaking information to gangsters that led to a business consultant's 1982 slaying.

Connolly's defense lawyer argued today that his client had acted "honorably'' when dealing with longtime informants James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and never plotted with them to murder anybody.

"If I'm not mistaken, the government would want you to believe Mr. Connolly was some kind of rogue agent who was doing these things in his own best interest,'' said defense attorney Manuel L. Casabielle. "In reality, what Mr. Connolly was doing was the FBI's work. Him and other agents like him were the tip of the spear in the fight against the Mafia.''

In a closing statement that went for an hour yesterday afternoon and nearly three hours today, Casabielle urged jurors to find 68-year-old Connolly not guilty of charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the slaying of John B. Callahan. He is accused of warning Bulger and Flemmi that Callahan, a former World Jai Alai executive, was being sought for questioning by the FBI and would likely implicate the gangsters in the 1981 slaying of World Jai Alai owner, Roger Wheeler.

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By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff

MIAMI -- Retired FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. did not pull the trigger, and was not even in Florida in the summer of 1982 when an admitted hitman shot Boston business consultant John B. Callahan in the back of the head and dumped his body in the trunk of a Cadillac at Miami International Airport.

John J. Connolly

But, during closing arguments in Connolly's murder trial, a prosecutor told jurors that the former agent signed Callahan's death warrant when he warned longtime FBI informants James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi that the FBI planned to question the businessman about a murder and he'd probably implicate the two gangsters.

Leaking that information was "like throwing red meat to a lion, it was like waving a red flag in front of a bull," Fred Wyshak, a federal prosecutor from Boston who is assisting in the state murder prosecution told jurors. "He knew what was going to happen.''

Flemmi testified that Connolly never actually told them to kill Callahan, but he said the agent knew that his tip would prompt them to kill the businessman because the agent had leaked information to Bulger and Flemmi in the past that caused them to kill two FBI informants -- one in 1976 and another in 1982.

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A hitman. A gangster’s ex. A weeping disgraced FBI supervisor. The Miami trial of former FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr., who is charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the 1982 slaying of Boston business consultant John B. Callahan, has had its share of made-for-TV moments. Here is a synopsis of key testimony so far.

Sept 18: In a chilling display, hit man-turned-government witness John Martorano re-enacted several of the 20 slayings he committed. "Did you look in his eyes?" asked defense attorney Manuel L. Casabielle, referring to Roger Wheeler, a Tulsa businessman killed in 1981. "No," the 67-year-old killer said. "What were you thinking?" asked Casabielle. "I wanted to get away with this," he answered. A year later, Martorano recounted, he killed his good friend Callahan just as swiftly, with a bullet to the back of the head.

Sept. 22: Longtime FBI informant Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi testified that Connolly pocketed $235,000 in payoffs, compromised investigations, and leaked information that led to several murders. After taking a $25,000 kickback that he knew came from drug proceeds in 1983, Flemmi told jurors, Connolly had joked, "Hey, I'm one of the gang."

Flemmi has pleaded guilty to killing eight men and two women between 1974 and 1985 but admitted during Connolly's trial that during Boston's 1960s gang wars he shot Charlestown gang leader Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin. He also said he was involved in 10 other slayings - either participating or cleaning up afterward.

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By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff

MIAMI -- A retired FBI agent testified today that he never took payoffs or gifts from longtime FBI informants James "Whitey" Bulger or Stephen "The Rifleman'' Flemmi, but that one time he did accept a Christmas gift from an informant who was a member of the Mafia.

John J. Connolly

Michael J. Buckley, who retired from the FBI five years ago, denied earlier testimony from Flemmi that he was given cash at Christmastime during the 1980s from Bulger and Flemmi. He said he never took any payoffs or gifts from the gangsters or their handler, former FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr., who is on trial for murder.

But Buckley said he was meeting with a Mafia informant in the 1990s when the man's stepdaughter, who was about 5 years old, unexpectedly "handed me this gift box and said, 'This is from me and my Daddy,' "

"I didn't have the heart not to take it from her because the little girl handed it to me and I was showing a sign of trust with the informant,'' said Buckley, adding that a sweater that cost about $30 was tucked inside the box. "I accepted it because she handed it to me and it was a gesture of kindness. I didn't see any other reason behind it. There was no favor. There was no quid pro quo."

Buckley said agents aren't supposed to accept gifts so he later reported it to his superiors.

The defense called Buckley to the stand in an effort to challenge the credibility of Flemmi, one of the prosecution's key witnesses against Connolly, who is charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the 1982 slaying of Boston business consultant John B. Callahan.

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By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff

MIAMI -- A judge gave jurors the day off today in the murder trial of retired FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. so one of the jurors could attend the funeral of a relative.

John J. Connolly

The trial will resume Tuesday for the 22nd day of testimony. The defense is slated to call several former FBI agents who worked with Connolly to the stand.

Connolly, 68, who retired from the FBI in 1990, is charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the 1982 slaying in Florida of Boston business consultant John B. Callahan. Connolly is accused of warning longtime FBI informants James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi that the FBI was seeking Callahan for questioning. It was likely that Callahan would implicate the gangsters in the 1981 slaying of a Tulsa businessman.

Hitman John Martorano testified that at the request of Bulger and Flemmi he lured Callahan to Florida and killed him. Callahan's bullet-riddled body was found Aug. 2, 1982 in the trunk of his Cadillac at Miami International Airport.

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By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff

MIAMI -- A parade of current and former police officers have been called to the stand today in the state murder trial of former FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr. in an apparent effort by the defense to cast doubt on claims that he leaked information to longtime informants James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi that prompted them to kill several people.

Two officers testified about encounters with Bulger associate Edward "Brian" Halloran, indicating that he was being targeted long before he was gunned down by Bulger in a drive-by shooting on Boston's waterfront in May 1982.

Boston Police Detective Timothy Lynch told the Florida jury that he responded to a call of shots fired near a union hall on Freeport Street in Dorchester on June 6, 1981, and found Halloran sitting in a parking lot uninjured in his Cadillac -- its rear window shattered by bullets.

Lynch said he didn't know who Halloran was at the time, but later discovered he was a known criminal, with a history of loansharking and extortion.

"It's not unusual for someone who commits those violent crimes to have someone try to shoot at them, right?" asked Miami-Dade assistant state attorney Michael Von Zamft during cross-examination. "No sir,'' said Lynch.

Retired Quincy Police Detective David Schofield testified that he investigated a report that a gun was fired at Halloran's condo on Willard Street in Quincy in April 1981. He said he found a bullet mark on the building.

Schofield testified that Halloran told him he suspected that a loanshark victim, whose leg he had broken, may have fired the shot at his apartment.

Flemmi, who is serving a life sentence for 10 murders, testified earlier that Bulger killed Halloran after Connolly warned him and Bulger that Halloran had become an FBI informant and was cooperating against them. Halloran started cooperating with the FBI in January 1982 and told investigators that Bulger, Flemmi, and Boston business consultant John B. Callahan had orchestrated the 1981 slaying of a legitimate Tulsa businessman who suspected them of skimming from his company.

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