May 28, 2010
Senate Confirms U.S. Attorneys in Calif. and Louisiana
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Senate on Friday confirmed Stephanie Finley for the U.S. Attorney post for the Western District of Louisiana and Laura Duffy for the top federal prosecutor post in the Southern District of California. Duffy had been recommended by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), the San Diego Union reported. The website Main…
Man Whose Wife Fatally Shot Pitts. FBI Agent Pleads Guilty
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert Korbe, the man whose wife shot Pittsburgh FBI agent Sam Hicks in 2008 while Hicks was serving an arrest warrant, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court to cocaine and crack cocaine trafficking charges, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. U.S. District Judge Terrence F. McVerry will sentence Korbe in September, the…
President Obama Nominates U.S. Attys. for W. Va. and Wisconsin
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama continued to press forward Thursday in his effort to put his appointees in key jobs by nominating U.S. Attorneys for West Virginia and Wisconsin. The President nominated William J. Ihlenfeld, II, for the U.S. Attorney post in the Northern District of West Virginia and John William Vaudreuil…
Dentistry Was Never So Exciting: FBI Turns to Dentists For Help Capturing Boston Mobster Whitey Bulger
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Suddenly dentistry — a world of crowns and implants and root canals — has never been so exciting. The FBI is asking the dental community across the country to help capture James “Whitey Bulger”, a violent Boston mobster, who ranks among the FBI’s Top 10 fugitive alongside notables like Osama bin…