By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In these austere time, D.C. Postal carrier Shareen Wilson figured out a way to earn some extra cash: She stole more than $130,000 in U.S. and D.C. Treasury checks before they could be delivered. Now the 42-year-old is off to federal prison. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington sentenced…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — To cheat or not to cheat on an open-book exam. That is no longer an issue among FBI agents around the country now that the test is long over. Now the question is, should those who did cheat on the FBI exam last year — and they…
Update: Thurs. 6:10 p.m.– The Chicago Tribune reports that the jurors are done for the day and will return Monday. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jurors in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have come to an agreement on two of 24 counts, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The judge instructed them to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Looks like the prolific “Grandad Bandit”, suspected of at least 25 bank robberies in 13 states in less than two years, is retiring involuntarily — and not to Florida to enjoy the early bird specials. The FBI said agents arrested the bandit, aka Michael Francis Mara, 52, of Baton Rouge, La.,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Arizona prison escapee John Charles McCluskey and his companion Casslyn Welch have changed their appearance, the U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday. The Marshals Service issued a statement Wednesday saying that McCluskey now has black hair and a beard and Welch has dyed her hair blonde. The Marshals Service said investigators have…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News WASHINGTON — A resident of Moscow, “BadB” lived the glamorous life, hopping jets to Europe, freely spending money — even as U.S. authorities marked him as one of the world’s “most prolific sellers” of stolen credit card data. French authorities arrested Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, 27, at the airport in…
By Matt Castello ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A report released Tuesday showed that 1,997 civil rights complaints were filed against Justice Department employees during the first six months of 2010, but only one was investigated by the Inspector General’s Office. The report issued by the Justice Department’s Inspector General said 1,815 of the complaints “did not…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The federal jury in the public corruption case of Ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich has told the judge its is deadlocked on all counts, according to the Chicago News Cooperative. The Associated Press reported that they appeared to be hung on just some counts. The jurors sent a note to the judge…
