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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It might not be over yet for notorious mobster and convicted killer James “Whitey” Bulger and his former associates. Prosecutors in Massachusetts are exploring whether they can charge Bulger and others with murder and other crimes now that the federal trial is over, the Boston Globe Press reports. One associate that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Abdulbaki Todashev raised a photo of his dead son during a news conference Tuesday and pledged to uncover the truth behind Ibragim Todashev’s death during an FBI interrogation, The Guardian reports. Todashev hired two prominent civil rights attorneys in Florida to determine what prompted the death of his 27-year-old son, who was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A cluster of yellow, blue and salmon-colored homes was built for CBP employees in a small former mining community in Ajo, Ariz. at a cost of roughly $600,000 apiece, The Arizona Republic reports. The price tag includes the cost to plan and build each of 21 two- and three-bedroom houses that are…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mexican officials said Tuesday they are seeking to reverse an appeals court ruling that led to the early release of a notorious drug kingpin who was in prison for killing a DEA agent, The LA Times reports. Relations between the U.S. and Mexico became strained after Caro Quintero, the accused founder of…
