By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former homicide detective in St. Petersburg, Fla. was slapped with two years in prison for public corruption charges, the FBI announced on Wednesday morning. Anthony V. Foster received the sentence after pleading guilty to wire fraud to deprive the public of honest services on October 20, 2011. Court documents show…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A fire at a suburban Chicago home may have been used to hide the murder of four people in the house, ATF agents have told the Associated Press. A woman and three young relatives were found dead by gunshot in the home, presumably shot before the blaze began, according to the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Houston ATF agents hit a small jackpot recently when they raided the home used by a Mexican cartel member. The local KPRC-TV reports that agents seized dozens of guns and 45 pounds of marijuana. Agents were lead to the home by Juan Garcia, who had been arrested after purchasing high-powered rifles…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Seven Atlanta men, who were busted in a major crackdown on guns and drugs, have been sentenced, ATF announced Tuesday. Sentences ranged from 12 months to 151 months. The men were among 49 defendants indicted in Atlanta, the result of an undercover ATF investigation that was known as “ATL Blaze.” Undercover…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Truthfully, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, didn’t come close. Nonetheless, he was indicted by a D.C. federal grand jury on Tuesday for attempting to assassinate President Obama on Nov. 11. A 17-count indictment against Ortega-Hernandez, who has been in custody since his arrest November 16, also includes…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The website Truthout has reported on some unflattering FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) practices Tuesday morning. The site claims that the FBI regularly engages in the “blackballing” of files–returning a “no records” response to FOIA requests when in fact the records do exists. An interesting story, particularly for those seeking FBI…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The imprisoned Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger is trying to get hold of Mark Wahlberg, the actor says. The meeting is only speculation at this point, reports The Inquisitr, but it seems plausible Bulger wants Wahlberg to portray his likeness in a possible biopic on the criminal. “I actually got a…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Out of federal prison only since July, the “Sevon-Second Bandit” Jack Mannino is again wanted in connection with a bank robbery, reports SILive.com. Mannino, a former Gambino Crime Family associate, got his name in the 1990’s, according to SI Live, when he was caught entering banks with a package and threatening…
