By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A disgraced ex-Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway, teary eyed and choked up, apologized to a federal judge just moments before he hit her with a sentence on Tuesday of 1 year and 1 day in prison and $90,000 in restitution. “Your honor, I stand before…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008″. By Ross…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Like old Tiger Stadium and the Vernors plant, Vito (Billy Jack) Giacalone was a fixture in Detroit, one of the city’s best known mobsters — a Tony Soprano type whose mug occasionally graced the 6 p.m. news. He was a suspect in the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance. He was known…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The following are a few of the true stories from the cinema verite of America’s Prescription Addiction already playing in real life near you. Half of Americans received at least one prescription in the last month, and almost three billion prescriptions for 100 billion pills were dispensed last year. Both…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United States Attorney’s Office in Eastern Michigan 1815–2008″. By…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Philadelphia’s new ATF chief, Essam “Sam” Rabadi, wasted no time to impress when he became an agent in the 1990s, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Just a few years on the job, Rabadi played a major role in breaking up a team of thieves who were committing robberies in Baltimore and New York….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Kim Marie Battle, a veteran ATF agent in Detroit, mother of a 12-year-old daughter, and a loyal fan of local Detroit sports teams, died early this month after battling breast cancer. She was 47. Her motto was: “Courage is being afraid, but going on anyhow.” Battle came from a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has moved into a massive glass complex in Sorrento Valley, Calif. San Diego’s new headquarters opened among technology and biotech giants who have made that area popular. The $120 million complex was aimed at improving security and providing ample space for the 400 or so special agents and other staff…
