By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is looking into allegations that the ex-girlfriend of New Jersey Net basketball star Kris Humphries tried to extort money from him, TMZ reported. The tabloid TV show reported that Humphrie’s lawyers turned over recorded messages to the FBI that have ex-girlfriend Myla Sinanaj trying to extort money in exchange…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Catherine Greig, the girlfriend of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, is set to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston. The Boston Herald reports that prosecutors will ask for no less than 10 years in prison. Her lawyer obviously will ask for far less. Bulger and Greig were captured by…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Crime rates in 2011 fell to near historic lows, according to the FBI. Preliminary figures released Monday show violent crimes and property crimes reported dropped in 2011 compared to the previous year. Specifically, violent crimes fell 4 percent and property crimes dropped 0.8 percent. In the violent crime offenses category, murder…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The politicization over ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious and Attorney General Eric Holder’s response to turning over subpoenaed documents continued to heat up on Monday. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, who has been leading the charge, says he plans to hold a…
By Christopher Dickey Newsweek There’d been a crucial break in one of Manhattan’s most infamous unsolved murders. One after another, reports from NYPD detectives popped up on the New York City police commissioner’s BlackBerry. Ray Kelly was on a quick work trip to London, and here, by the Thames in the predawn hours of May…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com So far President Obama’s immigration policies are unlikely to woo Latino voters, especially after Homeland Security reported last week that too few deportations are being halted under the administration. Now pressure is building for Obama to loosen his policies in hopes of gaining more support from Latinos, who overwhelmingly supported the president…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House Oversight Committee will take the unusual step this week of deciding whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents in the controversial Fast and Furious weapons sting investigation, CBS News reports. Republicans say the Justice Department is withholding tens of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former federal investigator called for the legalization of drugs during a Libertarian Party of Texas convention over the weekend, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram reported. Saying the war on drugs has spread needless violence and wasted billions of tax dollars, Sean Dunagan, who worked for the Drug Enforcement Administration, also told the…
