Boston Blotter: Whitey's Handler Sent up the River, Roxbury Gunman Nabbed

-- John Connolly, the former FBI agent who worked in cahoots with legendary Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, is now a convicted murderer. A jury in Miami convicted Connolly of second-degree murder for his role in the 1982 killing of World Jai-Alai president and would-be snitch John Callahan. Hit man John Martoarano, who fired the shot that killed Callahan, had testified that it was Connolly's tip that sent him on his fatal mission. [Herald]

-- Cops from Boston's Youth Violence Task Force arrested an 18-year-old Roxbury man in connection with the October 22nd shooting that left another man hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. [BPDNews]

-- The Alleged Criminal Formerly Known as Clark Rockefeller wants his gold coins back. [Herald]

-- A man in his 20s remains in critical condition today after being shot in Dorchester last night. Police say they seized four bags of marijuana from his home, where he was shot. [Herald]

-- Brockton police shot and killed a 25-year-old gunman during an alleged drug deal gone wrong last night. Police say that John Earl Parks pulled a gun when he was interrogated by police. No police officers were injured in the shooting, and the names of the officers involved have been withheld. [Herald]

-- Steven Grossi, a 19-year-old Newton man, was arrested at the Newtonville commuter rail station after allegedly assaulting a number of people with a knife. [Herald]

All charges alleged until proven under law.