BOSTON — The head of the FBI's Boston office and a main law enforcement figure during the Boston Marathon bombing investigation says he's stepping down to take a private-sector job.
Richard DesLauriers (duh-LAW'-ree-ay) has been special agent in charge of the office since 2010. He announced Tuesday he'll step down next month after more than 26 years with the FBI. He says he's accepted a position in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., as vice president of corporate security with the Penske Corp., a transportation services company.
DesLauriers has played a role in the arrests of Russian sleeper agents, terrorism suspects and longtime fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur), who denies participating in 19 murders.
One of his goals had been to catch the crooks behind the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist, the largest art heist in U.S. history. But it remains unsolved.
