November 2, 2009
Kansas FBI Task Force Shoots and Wounds Wanted Man in Gunfire Exchange
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man wanted on a warrant for aggravated assault, was shot and wounded Sunday in a Kansas City, Ks., suburb after exchanging gunfire with an FBI Violent Crime Safe Streets Task Force, the Kansas City Star reported. The paper reported that task force members confronted the man about 7:15 p.m. outside…
Juror Complains About Fellow Juror in John Gotti Jr. Trial
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York tabloids are having a blast with a jury dispute in the federal trial of mobster John Gotti Jr. One juror wrote a note to the judge voicing concern about a fellow loud mouth juror. “There’s more infighting on the Gotti jury than at a gangland sitdown – and…
60 Minutes Reports that Japanese Mafia Don Agreed to Provide Info to FBI and Donate $1 Million to UCLA Med Center to Get Liver Transplant
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One of the top Mafia dons in Japan donated $1 million to a California medical center and cut a deal to provide info to the FBI to get a special visa to come to America and to get moved up on the list to receive a liver transplant, 60 Minutes reported…