By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Joseph S. Campbell is leaving the mothership at FBI headquarters to become the special agent in charge of the agency’s San Juan Division, the FBI announced Tuesday. Campbell has served as an inspector in the Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters, where he led teams responsible for sensitive investigations and the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich may have gotten an added stretch of freedom when a federal judge in Chicago decided this week to delay his Oct. 6 sentencing date. But legal observers are convinced the reprieve is only temporary and that he’ll get some serious prison time. Predictions range from 8…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich may have gotten an added stretch of freedom when a federal judge in Chicago decided this week to delay his Oct. 6 sentencing date. But legal observers are convinced the reprieve is only temporary and that he’ll get some serious prison time. Predictions range from 8…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The LA Times reports that a cell phone smuggled into the Los Angeles County jail to help document alleged inmate abuse was smuggled in by a county Sheriff’s deputy, who was paid about $1,500 as part of an FBI undercover sting. Ticklethewire.com had previously written about the incident, noting the Sheriff’s…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Three TSA officers along with a Connecticut county cop and Florida state trooper were indicted in Connecticut Monday on charges of taking bribes to let powerful narcotics travel freely across the country, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The five were among 18 indicted in the drug conspiracy that involved the…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com People pointing hand-held lasers at aircraft — an act that can temporarily blind or disorient a pilot — nearly doubled in 2010 compared to the year before, the FBI says. The FBI reported that in 2009 there were 1,489 laser incidents recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration compared to 2,836 in…
