the very next day, they were living in this apartment building, using false names, charles and carol gasko. the fbi moved in wednesday afternoon. >> agents and other task force members lured mr. bulger out of his apartment. the agents determined the individual was in fact mr. bulger. he was placed under arrest without incident. >> reporter: catherine greig was arrested inside. where agents say they found a gun and piles of cash. the two had actually been living there for 15 years, nearly the entire time the fbi was looking for them. bulger, the inspiration for jack nicholson's character in the movie "the departed" was the boss of south boston's irish mob, who became an informant to help shut down the italian mob in north boston. mixed feelings today in his old neighborhood. >> everybody's got an occupation. >> reporter: now 81, he'll soon be back in his hometown, likely to live out his life in prison. pete williams, nbc, washington. >>> when we come back here tonight, michelle obama's trip to south africa, the official and the emotional parts in her own words tonight. >>> and later, kickin

as charlie and carol gasko. barbara lived just down the hall in apartment 307 for 15 years. >> i think he was impatient and full of rage. he seemed so vie leapt. >> reporter: other neighbors described them as friendly enough, but low key. >> they seemed like they did not want to make eye contact. >> reporter: in boston, whitey bulger is the stuff of legend. the irish mobster. he even won the massachusetts lottery a few years before his indictment. >> everybody knew who this guy. everybody knew he ran the racqurac rackets. but there was a myth. he never hurt anyone that didn't deserve it and the other myth was that he kept out the drugs out. and they were just that. a myth. >> reporter: a myth worthy of a movie. >> makes me curious to see you in this neighborhood. >> reporter: martin score say see based the jack nicholson character in "the departed" on whitey bulger. >> makes me sad this regression. >> reporter: but the real life story was even stranger than fiction. the mob sterp's younger brother, billy, for ye

bulger and his girlfriend catherere greig have lived in this building for 15 years as charles and carol gasko. barbara gluck lived down the hall for 15 years. >> he was impatient and full of rage. >> reporter: others described him as friendly enough but low key. >> seemed like they didn't want to make eye contact. >> reporter: he answered questions in a thick boston accent and agreed not to challenge his extradition. he may yet have other cacas to play. i'm david wright in santa monica. >> back in boston, word of bulger arrest quickly spread through the working class neighborhood where he ruled. the families of those who died at his hands say they're relieved he's been caught and tom donahue was just a boy when his father was gunned wn. >> i was 8 when he was snatched from me. constant down emotion. >> the feeling of satisfaction because they finally have apprehended a man that pulled the trigger that took my husband's life. >> still has tragedy tied to his name. he to the only killed people but took great pleasure in doing so. more of his ties to boston crime coming up. >>> new queueions abo

neighbors knew the couple as charles and carol gasko. they lived in apartment 303 and, for much of the past 15 years, it seems, paid their $1,100-a- month rent in cash. but sources say bulger, armed with multiple passports, also moved around, reportedly spending time in the caribbean, fort lauderdale and london. the bulger case has long been an embarrassment for the f.b.i. in the mid-'70s, bulger became an informant for the bureau, providing information about a rival gang and even some of his own mob soldiers. but f.b.i. agent john connolly, assigned to handle bulger, eventually went to work for the mob boss. connolly was convicted for racketeering. in fact, it was connolly's warning to bulger that he was about to be indicted in 1995 that sent the mobster into hiding. now, sources tell us bulger at first was verbally combative when he was arrested, but he didn't resist. now we're told he is talking a bit to federal authorities and, scott, bulger will be returned to boston to face trial. >> pelley: thanks, bob. "60 minutes" has been on th

news coverage about the ad campaign recognized bulger and grieg as a couple living as charles and carol gasko in this santa monica apartment building. in just a matter of hours, f.b.i. agents in los angeles set up surveillance, positively identified bulger and made the arrest. it was a quick payoff. >> it was money well spent. it was an appropriate utilization of resources and i think that events of the past few days have borne out that that was the correct decision to go forward with this campaign. >> reporter: sources say in busting bulger, the f.b.i. did resort to some standard law enforcement trickery, luring bulger out of his apartment by apparently telling him that someone might have vandalized his storage locker. they then captured grieg inside the apartment, where agents also confiscated some 30 guns and $800,000 in cash, some of it hidden in walls. now, the government's trying to seize that money and that led bulger today in court to ask for a public defender. he told the judge he'd pay for his own lawyer if the f.b.i. gives him his money back. >> pelley: bob, bulger was an underworl

. >> reporter: barbara gluck, from 307, knew the couple for years as charlie and carol gasko. >> she and i would start to chat, if they were together. a couple of times, he had rage outbursts, like, stop talking to her, let's go! >> reporter: what did you make of that? >> i think he has dementia. >> reporter: the 16-year man hunt came to an end after an fbi public service campaign this week -- >> for tips leading to catherine greig's whereabouts -- >> reporter: prompted a tipster to drop a dime. santa monica is a world away from the mean streets of south boston, where bulger got his start. today, bostonians in l.a. stopped by to take pictures of the place where this legendary criminal career finally came to an end. >> for people from boston, this is the bin laden capture. >> reporter: today, the judge asked bulger if he had read the 200-plus page indictment against him. bulger answered that he had not, but that he was familiar with all of the charges, as is anyone from boston. diane? >> okay, david. and i want to bring in abc senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. pierre, why di

. >> reporter: barbara gluck from 307 knew the couple for years as charlie and carol gasko. >> she andtart to chat. if they were together. a couple of times he had rage outbursts. like, stop talking to her, let's go! >> what did you make of that? >> i think he has dementia. >> reporter: the 16-year manhunt came to an end after an fbi public service campaign this week -- >> for tips leading to catherine greig's whereabouts. >> reporter: -- prompted a tipster to drop a time. santa monica is a world away from the mean streets of south boston where bulger got his start. today bostonians in l.a. stopped by to take pictures of the place where this legendary criminal career finally came to an end. >> for people from boston this is the bin laden capture. >> reporter: in court today bulger spoke with a thick boston accent, and at one point his girlfriend leaned in to him and said, "you know, all these reporters, they're here for you." at that, bulger laughed. david wright, abc news, santa monica. >> quite a legacy in massachusetts. whitey's brother, billy, was among boston's most powerful polit

federal authorities say the affable couple known as charles and carol gasko were in fact infamous bostonter james whitey bulger and his long time companion catherine grieg's. >> we have -- >> bulger wanted in connection with 19 murders had been on the run since a corrupt former fbi agent tipped him off in 1994 to aim depending indictment. for more than 16 years, sightings of bulger were reported across the globe, from new york to oklahoma, florida to california. and in london where authorities say there was a confirmed sighting in 2002. whether or not bulger actually made the risky move of looefding the country and then returning remains unclear. local media reports indicate he and his con pan on have been living in the rent controlled santa monica two bedroom since the late 90s. officials say it was filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars of cash and weapons. the largest capture ever for domestic fugitive, bulger was never a household name nation-wide. but in boston, whitey was a larger than life legend. foreuse the now 81-year-old irish mobster was a secret fbi informant, providin

she went by the alias of carol gasko >> with buller in custody, they are turning to the other peopled list. >> they are more nervous here. he is the oldest guy on the skpls has been captured. here's osama bin laden down here. now we have all the other folks on the list here. there is a wide variety of reasons they are on here. let's take a look at a couple of them we have eight at the moment. over here is a russian who also is believed to hold israely and greek passports. he is wanted for fraud, money laundering and more for a multimillion-dollar scheme back in the 1990s that defrauded thousands of a tremendous amount of money. the reward is up to $100,000. another is victor who has been on longer than anyone else. well over 25 years. the shortest time anyone was on was two hours. he is wanted for bank robbery, armed robbery and theft. this was in the 1980s. several million dollars. only eight people on here and the fbi in relationship with their field offices will compile names of other people that the field offices say these are the most dangerous ones we should include on the list