By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John G. Perren, special agent in charge of counter-terrorism at the FBI’s Washington field office, has been named the interim head of the office, authorities said Wednesday. Perren will replace Joseph Persichini Jr, the assistant director in charge of the office, who officially retires on Christmas day. Perren’s appointment…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s one way for the neglected to get some attention during the holiday season. Threaten the life of Michelle Obama. The Boston Globe reports that the Secret Service in Hawaii arrested Kristy Lee Roshia on Saturday after she called the agency’s Boston office to threaten the life of Michelle Obama. Roshia …
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mayor Richard Daley’s ex-Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Al Sanchez and a co-defendant caught a big break Tuesday when a federal judge overturned their public corruption convictions and ordered a new trial because the government failed to reveal the extensive criminal record and gang ties of a key witness, the Chicago Tribune…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.como The labor intensive effort to fill all the U.S. Attorney spots around the country continued Tuesday with President Barack Obama nominating defense lawyer William Nettles for U.S. Attorney in South Carolina, Main Justice news website reported. Main Justice reported that Nettles of the law firm Sanders & Nettles in Columbia, S.C.,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ho Ho Ho? What’s a Christmas season without some guy dressing up just like Santa and robbing a bank? On Tuesday, a Santa with gun in tow, robbed the SunTrust Bank at 4809 Old Hickory Boulevard in Hermitage, Tenn., according to the Tennessean newspaper. The paper reported that the guy then…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The brother of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn’t happy –not at all. Brother Robert Blagojevich, who faces criminal charges himself in connection with the public corruption case against his brother, is asking a Chicago federal judge to keep private 208 phone calls he claims the FBI wrongly intercepted, according to a…
