By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Apparently not all the federal prosecutors are on board with Attorney Gen. Eric Holder’s views on drug laws. Retired attorney Paul Mirengoff writes on the website POWERLINE that hundreds of career Justice Department lawyers ” have broken into open revolt against Attorney General Holder over his support of legislation that would…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A disproportionate number of low-level drug criminals who are behind bars are African Americans sentenced under strict laws from the days of the crack epidemic. Hoping to correct that disparity, the Justice Department is encouraging defense lawyers to help identify inmates for clemency, the New York Times reports. Penalties for drug offenses…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This wasn’t your typical store robbery. Two crooks stole 36 guns after breaking through the roof of a Phoenix pawn shop, Myfoxphoenix.com reports. Concerned about where those guns are going, the ATF is offering a reward. The thieves only swiped handguns. “They have to acquire guns. Certainly the U.S. is no stranger,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A euphoric drug that has been used for centuries in Asia is becoming popular in the U.S., CBSLA.com reports. The DEA is warning about dangers associated with kratom, which officials say is addictive, dangerous and legal in most of the U.S. “It can give you a happy, euphoric feeling,” one user told…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At first glance, Daniel Ramirez looked like a hapless taveller on crutches. But when the 21-year-old was on a train traveling from California to Chicago, DEA task force officers said he looked nervous and suspicious, The Smoking Gun reports. More alarming, his cast was “uneven in texture, size and shaping not consistent…
Saskatoon police received a report of a 2012 Ford Raptor being stolen Tuesday from a residence in the RM of Dundurn. As officers approached, the driver put the truck in reverse and hit the front of the police cruiser, police said. The suspect, who was known to police, was able to flee in the stolen…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If you wondered who the snitch was who helped the feds charge a top mobster in the legendary 1978 Lufthansa Airlines robbery, wonder no more. Mob expert Jerry Capeci of Gang Land News, in an exclusive, reports that the snitch is a “low level hood who for years was in the…
