Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Monica M. Miller, who has abundant experience investigating violent crime and public corruption, has been tapped as the leader of the FBI’s Sacramento field office, the Sacramento Bee reports. Miller will replace Herb M. Brown, who departed last year to take a job with the Central California Intelligence Center. Miller was the…
By James Ball The Guardian Would you trust a politician if your liberty depended on it? Day to day, it’s something journalists in America are having to do, whether they’re aware of it or not. The politician in question is Attorney General Eric Holder, and the key quote in question is his vow to Congress:…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Israel Keyes took the easy way out. After the serial killer accused of murdering at least 11 people committed suicide in his Anchorage jail cell in early December, the FBI compiled a list of Keyes’ likely victims, Reuters reports. Keyes was waiting trial for the murder of an Anchorage barista. The FBI…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Brutal mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger was a colorful figure in the underground crime word. So it’s no surprise his trial prompted some memorable quotes: “After I heard that they were informants, it sort of broke my heart.” – Ex-gangster and former Bulger partner John Martorano, who served just 12 years after…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who seized Boston’s criminal underworld in the 1970s and ’80s, likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury found him guilty Monday of murder and racketeering. Wearing a gray shirt, dark pants and sneakers, the 83-year-old who occasionally shouted in anger…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In what came as no surprise, the homicidal Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger was convicted Monday of racketeering conspiracy and numerous racketeering acts of murder, extortion, narcotics distribution, money laundering and possession of firearms including machineguns. The convictions that are likely to keep him behind bars for the remainder of his life. …
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder has a partial solution to the U.S.’s massive prison overcrowding – less time for drug offenders. The Associated Press reports that Holder is addressing overcrowding by favoring drug treatment and community service programs in lieu of long prison sentences. He also support the early release of some elderly inmates….
