Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former deputy police chief in Markham, Ill. was caught with his pants down and now he plans to come clean. Tony DeBois is expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about a sexual relationship he had at the police station, The Chicago Sun-Times reports. But it’s unclear how that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a so-called “sextortion case” that targeted newly crowned Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other women, The Los Angeles Times reports. The culprit hacked into the computers of Wolf and others, turning on the webcam and also searching for nude photos and videos, The Times wrote. Once the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the four women and eight men tasked with deciding whether notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was guilty of murder and racketeering, life was not easy. Sometimes the jurors shouted at each other; other times they felt disgusted with the sleazy witnesses. The trial was so stressful that some even popped aspirin…
Leonard Pitts Jr. Miami Herald It’s been a war on justice, an assault on equal protection under the law. And a war on families, removing millions of fathers from millions of homes. And a war on money, spilling it like water. And a war on people of color, targeting them with drone strike efficiency. We…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Feds and local police launched a search Wednesday night for a missing ICE agent who didn’t turn up for work in southern California, The Los Angeles Times reports. But authorities expressed some optimism late Wednesday that no foul play was involved. ICE released a statement shortly before 11 p.m., saying they believed…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James DiMaggio, the man accused of killing the mother and brother of his kidnapping victim in Southern California, was struck by at least five bullets in the head and chest, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing an Idaho coroner. Valley County Coroner Nathan Hess said DiMaggio, who was armed and may have…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr., who had a promising political career, and a famous father, was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for stealing more than $750,000 in campaign money, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “I misled the American people, I misled the House of Representatives,” Jackson, 48, said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ten cases related to a child sex sting have been delayed because of the questionable tactics of the head of the FBI’s Northwest Georgia Crime Against Children Task Force, The Times Free Press reports. Judge Grant Brantley, of Walker County, Ga., put court hearings on hold for at least six months as…
