October 2008
FBI And Military Failing To Pay Parking Tickets
Maybe they’ve got a good excuse. Whatever the case, a Congressional report says the FBI and the military should pay their parking fines. By David Nakamura Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The FBI and U.S. Armed Forces are institutions in which following the rules is supposed to be a given. Except when it comes…
Secret Service Busts Ky Father And Daughter For Counterfeiting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s always good for a father and daughter to bond. But David Vincent Peace, 45, and his daughter Amanda Jo Lowrance, 25, may have taken the concept a little too far. The two were indicted this week in Kentucky on charges of manufacturing and passing off fake $20 bills. What’s worse,…
FBI Seeks Public Help In Threatening Letter Case
Text of Threatening Letter/fbi photo One Of The Envelopes/fbi photo The letters are a little too reminiscent of 2001. The FBI is turning to the public for help. By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Government agents turned to the public Thursday to help find whoever sent more than 50 threatening letters, many of which declared…
Ex-FBI Agent Says Mob Informants Were Outliving Usefulness
Like milk, informants have a limited shelf life — at least that seem to be gist of the testimony earlier this week. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe Staff MIAMI – The FBI dropped James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi as informants in 1990 because their handler, agent John J. Connolly Jr., was retiring…
Ruling In 1964 Crime Could Undermine Civil Rights-Era Probes
Can time run out on justice? Federal authorities says they are investigating 22 civil rights-era crimes, but a court ruling invoking the statute of limitations could undermine their efforts. By HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. – Federal prosecutors have identified 22 current investigations into civil rights-era crimes that could be impacted by a federal…
Anne Hathaway’s Ex Gets 4 1/2 Years In Fed Prison
Actress Anne Hathaway figures it’s time for a new leading man. BY Thomas Zambito New York Daily News NEW YORK — Italian con man Raffaello Follieri was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Thursday for scamming investors out of millions by claiming to be a Vatican insider. Follieri, the former boyfriend of actress Anne…
Law Enforcement Issues Missing In Spirited Presidential Race This Time Around
“There may be trouble ahead” the lyric goes in the first line of Irving Berlin’s famous song, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”. That seems apropos when we contemplate the state of Federal law enforcement in this pre-presidential election season. Tellingly absent from the candidates’ daily dialogue in this presidential election is any mention of…