November 16, 2011
20 Charged in Chicago-Mexico Drug Network, Ties to Zetas Drug Cartel
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The tentacles of the Mexican cartels can be found throughout the U.S. The latest: 20 defendants — five of them suspected members of a Chicago cell of the violent Zetas Mexican drug cartel — were charged in major drug indictment in Chicago following a joint FBI-DEA investigation, Chicago’s US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s…
Ex-Fed Prosecutor: A Letter to My Son on Moral Decisions in Light of Penn State
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Dear Son, As your enthusiasm builds for leaving home and going off to college in a few months, I want to talk with…
Column: Cutting FBI Agents’ Benefits Won’t solve the country’s fiscal crisis
Konrad Motyka is president of the FBI Agents Association By Konrad Motyka The Hill Among the federal employees closely watching the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the “Super-Committee”) negotiations are FBI Agents and other federal law enforcement officers. They are becoming increasingly alarmed by calls from some of our political leaders for drastic changes…
Bullet Hits the White House; Secret Service Investigating
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A bullet hit the White House, but was stopped by ballistic glass, reports the Associated Press. Because the investigation is ongoing Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan declined to answer questions about the incident, including the room of the hit window are the caliber of the bullet, AP reported. Additional rounds were found…
Gunfire Exchange Confirmed in Baltimore ATF Operation
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The ATF operation that sent one agent to the hospital this week included an exchange of gunfire, several other injuries and several arrests, reports the Baltimore Sun. After remaining tight-lipped about the incident, Special Agent Clare A. Weber, a spokeswoman for the Baltimore ATF office, said information about the exchange was…
Mich. Fire Chief Pleads Not Guilty in FBI Probe
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It’s tough to come by a buck in Metro-Detroit these days. Still, Jeffrey Hawkins, a 46-year-old former fire chief for Pontiac, Mich.–a city at the northern end of Detroit’s metropolitan area–maintains that he did not ignore fire violations in exchange for cash. Hawkins plead not guilty on Tuesday after turning himself…
FBI Questions W. Va Treasurer’s Employees in Widening Probe
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI Agents spread out across West Virginia on Tuesday night to question employees of the state Treasurer John Perdue about $1,000 campaign contributions made to his unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial primary campaign last spring, reports the Charleston Gazette. “A number of individuals are being interviewed this evening,” U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin…
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