By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — James von Brunn, the man charged with fatally shooting the Holocaust Museum guard in Washington in June will remain in a North Carolina prison until early January so the facility can complete psychiatric tests. The warden at the Federal Medical Center at Butner, N.C. asked for more time because…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Under things you don’t do in court, comes Raymond V. Jones. The Washington Examiner reports that Jones on Nov. 16th punched Assistant U.S. Attorney James Crowell IV in the head with a closed fist in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., after watching his mother Jennifer McCall get sentenced…
The war on drugs in Mexico is more than just a war on the flow of cocaine and other drugs. It’s about stability in the Mexican government, law and order, mass murder, fear and the corruption of American law enforcement agents. When so much money is involved, it takes a lot to bring things under…
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The two U.S. Attorneys from Iowa who were recommended by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) were confirmed by the full Senate on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. The Senate also confirmed Kenyen Brown for the Southern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney post. For Iowa, the Senate confirmed Stephanie Rose for U.S….
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By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A New AOL News Site) Legally, there’s no limit. But all the same, prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York working the case of mobster John Gotti Jr. must be wondering: When a defendant gets off thanks to repeated mistrials, how many times can you retry him before…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday in San Diego to fatally shooting a Border Patrol Agent during a robbery attempt on July 23 at the U.S.-Mexico border, the San Diego Tribune reported. Christian Daniel Castro-Alvarez admitted in U.S. District Court that he crossed the Mexican border into the U.S. and tried to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What do you get when you have a cop, a stun gun and an unruly 10-year-old girl who doesn’t want to take a shower? Answer: An FBI investigation. The Associated Press is reporting that the Ozark, Ark., Mayor Vernon McDaniel and the city Police Chief Jim Noggle announced on Friday that…
