By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities in San Diego charged a high-ranking Mexican law enforcement official and 42 others as part of a crackdown on a major Mexican drug cartel — the Fernando Sanchez Organization — that allegedly was involved in murders and kidnappings, the San Diego Tribune reported. The Mexican official, Jesus Quinonez Marquez,…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — From Capitol Hill to the Caribbean, a controversy is growing over a decision by Virgin Islands officials to charge a federal agent with second-degree murder in a 2008 shooting. The agent, William Clark, remains on the job at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives —…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Judge James Zagel is throwing down some limits in closing arguments in the public corruption trial for the very talkative ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich. Zagel told lawyers for both sides that he expects closing arguments will only last one day. Arguments are set for Monday, the Chicago Tribune reported. Assistant…
By The Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has announced that no criminal charges will be filed in the Bush administration’s dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys in late 2006. The decision, however, is not an exoneration of the Bush officials, including former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales. The Justice Department’s Office of…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News If the office voice mail recording is any indication, damage control was in full swing this week at the Gerber Boy Scout Camp near Muskegon, Mich., where the director is behind bars, charged with possessing and distributing child pornography — including locker-room videotapes of boys at the YMCA where…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Texas federal inmate John W. Manning may have a little advice for prisoners hoping to get out on time: Don’t threaten to kill the judge. Authorities alleged that Manning did just that. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Antonio in May after he allegedly sent a threatening…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Native New Yorker Diego Rodriguez is leaving the mothership at FBI headquarters to return home as special agent in charge of the criminal division in New York, the agency announced Thursday. Rodriguez, the section chief of the Domain and Collection Management Section in the Directorate of Intelligence at FBI…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Fulton County sheriff’s deputy in Atlanta fell for an FBI sting that has been played out before around the country targeting crooked cops. Anthony Atwater, 33, of Atlanta, pleaded guilty Wednesday to corruption and drug offenses after he provided police protection for people he thought were drug dealers, but were…
