By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Michigan couple was convicted Thursday of trying to extort $680,000 from actor John Stamos in a trial held in federal court in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Scott Edward Sippola 31, and Allison Lenore Coss,24, both of Marquette, Mi., were convicted following a four day jury trial,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A big time Democratic donor and finance chairman of the Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Manhattan to 12 years in prison, the Justice Department announced. Hassan Nemazee, 60, was sentenced for stealing nearly $300 million from three banks in what authorities described as a Ponzi…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – President Obama on Wednesday nominated four people to fill U.S. Marshal posts in New Mexico, Kentucky, Delaware and Utah. The nominees included Conrad Ernest Candelaria for New Mexico; James Edward Clark for the Western District of Kentucky; Joseph Anthony Papili for Delaware and James Alfred Thompson for Utah. “These…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Note to Fake FBI Agents: Beware of gunslingers. Earlier this week, a homeowner opened fire on two men posing as FBI agents who were trying to break into his Cooper City, Fla., home, stations WPLG reported. A third man posing as an FBI agent acted as a look out. The men…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Former Indiana Secretary of State Joseph H. Hogsett, who is now in private practice, was nominated Wednesday to fill the U.S. Attorney spot in Southern Indiana. “Joe Hogsett has a distinguished record of public service on behalf of the people of Indiana,” Sen. Evan Bayh said in statement posted…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Respect comes in different forms. In the mob world, it often comes in the form of $$$. Brooklyn federal prosecutors on Wednesday said mobbed up Staten Island jeweler Louis Antonelli was murdered because he disrespected Genovese capo Anthony Antico, 74, by failing to pay him cash kickbacks for selling gems at…
By Allan Lengel tickletehwire.com Three Philadelphia cops were indicted Tuesday on charges of conspiring with drug dealers to steal 300 grams of heroin from a supplier, the Justice Department announced. Officers Robert Snyder, Mark Williams and James Venziale face drug trafficking charges along with three suspected drug dealers and the wife of one officer who…
