By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is concerned about American pharmacists. There have been about 1,800 pharmacy robberies in the past three years, he has said in calling for increased protection for pharmacists, reports UPI. Schumer blames the robberies on the increased ability to obtain highly addictive pain medications like Oxycontin, and in…
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Associated Press Retired FBI agent Robert Fitzpatrick tells his compelling story of trying to bring Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger to justice in “Betrayal,” written with Jon Land. Fitzpatrick’s career was filled with multiple commendations and promotions, and when he transferred to Boston in the early 1980s with orders to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For 85 years, the official definition of rape did not include men. That’s changing. The FBI is changing that definition to include sexual assault of males, USA Today reports. “Under the current definition, established 85 years ago, many of the sex crimes alleged in the ongoing prosecution of former Penn State…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A memorial fund has been set up for ATF agent John Capano of New York who was killed New Year’s Eve day while attempting to stop an armed robbery of a pharmacy in Long Island where he had gone to fill a cancer medication for his ailing father. The primary purpose…
By Danny Fenster and Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now comes more shakeups at ATF over the controversial program Fast and Furious. ATF confirmed Thursday that three officials have been detailed to headquarters in non-operational positions pending the outcome of an Inspector General report into the Fast and Furious program, which encouraged Arizona gun dealers to sell…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The one-time Mexican leader of “one of the most notorious multi-national drug trafficking organizations to ever exist” pleaded guilty to a variety of charges in a federal court in San Diego on Wednesday, according to the FBI. Benjamin Arellan-Felix was the leader of the Tijuana Cartel/Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO) from 1986 until…
