httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNLYXSJjSJU WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST Mexico Arrests U.S. Boy Accused of Being Hitman for Drug Cartel (AOL News) Obama Pardons 9 Convicted of Drugs or Other Offenses (AP) FBI Employee Charged With Lying About Debt (San Francisco Chronicle) DEA Intelligence Aids Mexican Marines in Fight Against Cartels (Washington Post)
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Herbert Brown, section chief of the FBI’s gang and drug section at headquarters, will take over the Sacramento FBI office in January, the Sacramento Bee reported. Brown, 53, a former fullback with the UC Davis football team in the 1970s, replaces Drew Parenti, who retired in October. He’ll supervise 160 agents,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal jury in Nashville on Thursday convicted an FBI agent on 15 counts of wire fraud and three counts of bankruptcy fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Agent Darin Lee McAllister, 44, of Brentwood, Tenn., who is married to a Christian gospel singer, was indicted in May on the multiple…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s off to prison for 37 months for Christopher J. Ward for defrauding the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and other political committees out of $844,718. He was the treasurer of the committees. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of Washington sentenced Ward,42, formerly of Bethesda, Md., on Thursday and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) on Friday voiced its “strong support” for the nomination of Andrew Traver as Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Traver, who was nominated to the post by President Obama last month, currently heads up ATF’s Chicago…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a CBS Radio News correspondent in Washington pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana last week, the Washington Post reported. The Post reported that Howard Arenstein, 60, was sentenced to probation, drug testing and a small fine. Arenstein and his wife Orly Katz, an…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — When it comes to listening in on conversations or reading emails, the feds have repeatedly violated legal limits of surveillance of U.S. citizens, the Washington Post reports. The Post reports that the conclusion comes from the release of 900 pages of documents obtained by the ACLU in a court…
