No matter the date, Jefferson is likely to get whacked at sentencing. Though the conviction was overwhelming — guilty on 11 of 16 counts — he’s not likely to show much remorse at sentencing because of his plan to appeal the conviction. He may either tell the judge he did some foolish things, but he’s…
The sun may shine bright in Florida, but these mobsters aren’t going to be around to enjoy it. By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One by one, members of a South Florida crew of the New York-based Bonanno crime family stood before a federal judge Wednesday to plead guilty to…
A new twist on the war on drugs? Protesters say they should be able to cultivate hemp in this country. The DEA says no. By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD, Va. — You want to dig a garden, you need a shovel. You want to dig a guerrilla garden of illegal hemp on…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If you can believe this, Bernie Madoff, the Palm Beach/Manhattan socialite who became one of America’s Most Hated Men, got into a minor scuffle in the federal prison yard in North Carolina with a fellow senior citizen and wound up victorious, at least according to a report in the New York…
FBI arrests Port Authority Police Detective Michael Palermo
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Last time we checked, Texas FBI agent Lovett Leslie Ledger, who fatally shot his neighbor’s 3 pound Chihuahua named Sassy with a pellet gun, was still an FBI agent facing an internal investigation by the Office of Professional Responsibilty. That was four months ago. Well, on Tuesday the FBI…
