By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With trial slated for May for ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, expect things to heat up. The latest: The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Harrisburg, Pa., has subpoenaed records from the University about Sandusky, former Penn State President Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and former senior vice president Gary Schultz,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For some citizens, it might be fun to fantasize about what it would be like to be an FBI agent. The key is to leave it at just that: a fantasy. That didn’t happen in Austin, Tex. Police there are trying to find out about anyone who might have been pulled…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Here’s another reminder how the real estate and banking world have suffered as a result of major acts of fraud. In San Diego, charges were unsealed on Tuesday against several real estate agents involved in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme targeting “vulnerable, low-income immigrants” , according to a statement from the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com What’s wrong with this picture? El Paso, Texas, County Commissioner Guillermo Gandara Jr., who publicly had taken a hardline against drugs, was arrested by the DEA on drug trafficking charges, UPI reported. The arrest, part of a multi-agency investigation, took place late Wednesday, DEA spokeswoman Diana Apodaca confirmed to the El…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A North Carolina man sentenced last month to 45 years in prison for his role in a homegrown terrorist plot, faces new charges that he tried to hire a hit man to behead three witnesses that testified against him, the Charlotte Observer reported. Raleigh, N.C. resident Hysen Sherifi was charged Tuesday…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Federal authorities have joined in on an investigation into a fire at the construction site of a cemetery and funeral home intended to serve the Islamic community in Las Vegas, reports the Las Vegas Sun. But the leader of the Islamic Society of Nevada does not believe the fire was the result of…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com According to an AP survey of the nation’s leading states in meth production, lab seizures by law enforcement agencies rose nationally, the AP reports. In 2011 Missouri was the leading producer, with 2,096 seizures. Missouri was followed by Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky and then Oklahoma. Across the nation the rise in meth…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Vito “Billy Jack” Giacalone, one of best known Detroit mobsters, whose criminal career spanned many decades, and who was questioned in the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance in 1975, died Sunday at age 88. The Detroit News reported that the family held a funeral mass on Tuesday at St. Thecla Catholic…
