July 12, 2012
Dozens of Outlaws Motorcycle Club Members Arrested in Indiana
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents swept across Indiana on Wednesday in search of 43 members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club to face charges that remain sealed, The Indianapolis Star reports. Calling it the largest federal bust of alleged gang activity in Indiana, a task force of hundreds of agents helped arrest dozens of bikers. Earlier…
Louie Freeh Report: Penn State’s Top Leaders Covered Up for Sandusky for 14 Years
By Allan Lengel and Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a damning report that confirms what many suspected, an independent investigation, led by ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh found that top leaders at Pennsylvania State University, including legendary football coach Joe Paterno, tried covering up Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of children for 14 years. The findings of…
Judge Drops Witness-Tampering Case Against ATF Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.come An ATF agent accused of witness tampering was cleared of charges, WRAL reports. U.S. District Judge James Fox dismissed the witness-tampering charges Tuesday against Raleigh, N.C. ATF agent Mike Fanelly, saying prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence. Fanelly will retain his job. A grand jury had charged that he interfered with…
ICE Agent Won’t be Charged in Wrongful Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Unable to discern who is telling the truth, Orange County prosecutors won’t seek criminal charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot the wrong drug suspect, The Orange County Register reports. Prosecutors said they could not confirm Daniel Noriega’s story that claims an ICE agent shot at him without provocation….
FBI to Release Interviews in George Zimmerman Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Prosecutors plan to release FBI interviews Thursday in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The interviews are expected to shed more light on the man who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin while he was walking home from a store in Sanford, Florida on Feb. 26. The FBI, which…