Accused lookout in James ‘Whitey’ Bulger prison killing gets time served

Sean McKinnon, 38, pleaded guilty to a charge of lying to US federal agents and is planned to be released

The man accused of acting as lookout during the prison killing of the notorious Boston gangster James Whitey" Bulger won't serve additional prison time after pleading guilty Monday to a charge of lying to federal agents.

Sean McKinnon, one of three men indicted in the 2018 prison beating death of 89-year-old Bulger, is now set to be released from custody after a judge on Monday sentenced him to time served. Bulger was infamously the head of the Boston-area Irish mafia Winter Hill Gang, who spent 16 years on the run before being captured in 2011.