By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com Apparently a life sentence is not enough anymore. Bernie Madoff’s 150-year sentence earlier this week seemed unthinkable- that is until Arthur Sease IV’s came along. The former Memphis Police Department officer was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Memphis to life in prison plus 255 years for robbing drug dealers…
Remember these two? They may be in jail right now for their previous tax evasion convictions, but the government wants them there for much longer. By The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. – A retired exterminator and his dentist wife held hands and talked in court Tuesday as a prosecutor called them dangerous anti-government radicals and…
By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON— Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has tapped Arlington, Va., Immigration Judge Brian M. O’Leary to become the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s (EOIR) Chief Immigration Judge. As the new chief Immigration judge, O’Leary will guide the immigration program’s direction and define priorities for judges in immigration courts nationwide. Judge O’Leary…
Guns from America are flowing into Mexico and the ATF is trying to stop it– or at least slow down the flow. It’s an uphill battle. By DANE SCHILLER Houston Chronicle HOUSTON — In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a…
Yes, the same folks who tell you to take off your shoes, put your laptop in a separate bin, make sure you don’t have any coins in your pocket, are coming aboard the Chicago Metra trains. Mark Brown The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Remember how a Secret Service agent boarded a Metra train this past…
In mob circles, he was known as the “The Cheese Man”. In mob circles and in law enforcement circles, he was known as a big cheese; he was the underboss of the New England mob. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe BOSTON — Reputed New England Mafia underboss Carmen “The Cheese Man” DiNunzio has cut a…
By Allan Lengel Former U.S. Atty. Roscoe Howard Jr. ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Swindler Bernie Madoff was trapped like rat. He really had no choice but to plead guilty. A conviction at trial was a foregone conclusion. So here’s the two questions I have: Should U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, who gave Madoff a whopping 150-year…
