Booksellers - the last line of defense
When the FBI wants help capturing mobsters that have been on the run for years, who do they turn to? That’s right. Booksellers.
According to this Globe and Mail article:
Several Greater Victoria booksellers confirmed Monday that FBI agents have visited their stores in the past week and asked staff to be on the lookout for 80-year-old James J. (Whitey) Bulger, a known book lover and former Boston mobster with a long list of brutal crimes on his rap sheet.
Because, you know, when you want someone going head-to-head and toe-to-toe with a violent octagenarian, you want it to be someone who sells books.
Apparently the photo they are circulating is about 20 years out of date and Bulger himself is adept at disguises, so I wonder how exactly these booksellers are supposed to pick out this criminal. His penchant for history books?
The FBI website isn’t much help, noting that:
Mr. Bulger stands between 5 foot 7 and 5 foot 9, weighs 150 to 160 pounds, and has blue eyes and silver white hair. He loves animals and enjoys taking long walks on the beach…
I think you’ve just found your next Nanowrimo plotline.
An old white guy who like books and who lives in Victoria. How hard could he be to find?
Ha!