By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some of his constituents have called him a nut, so perhaps the latest act of federal defendant Rod Blagojevich makes sense…or at least some cents. Blagojevich joins Snooki, comic Lewis Black, and “Keyboard Cat” as a pitchman in the Wonderful Pistachios’s “Get Crackin’” ad campaign, the Chicago Reader reports. Meanwhile, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement manipulated the system and did highly questionable things to meet deportation goals, the Center for Investigative Reporting reported in the Washington Post. The news organization reported that ICE included in its stats more than 19,000 immigrants who exited the U.S. the previous year….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A FBI employee in San Francisco is in big trouble as a result of financial statement she made, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The paper reported that Rachelle Thomas-Zuill, 39, who conducted background investigations on FBI agents for security clearances in San Francisco, was charged in court documents in San Jose…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man once charged with the attempted murder of Boston Celtics basketball star Paul Pierce, was convicted late last week of attempting to kill a DEA informant who provided evidence against him in cocaine trafficking case, authorities said. Trevor A. Watson, 44, of Boston, was found guilty Thursday in U.S. District…
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…
