By Editorial Board Beaumont Enterprise If there’s anything worse than Gov. Rick Perry sending 1,000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border to boost his presidential hopes, it’s Sen. Ted Cruz calling for them to have federal arrest powers – to boost his presidential hopes. That’s a bad idea, and someone like Cruz who says…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty went up 31% during the first half of 2014, compared to the same time period last year. Of the 67 officers killed, 26 were in traffic-related incidents, 25 were killed by gunfire, and 16 due to job-related illnesses and…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty went up 31% during the first half of 2014, compared to…
Judge Avern Cohn (Photo by Harold White) By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn’s second-floor courtroom in downtown Detroit is normally a sobering place where drama unfolds and lawyers do battle. But on Wednesday, all was different. There was plenty joy in the air. Lawyers and judges, friends and family,…
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By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Exciting things are happening at Ford Motor Company’s world headquarters in Dearborn besides talk of the Mustang the future of electrical cars, and it involves potential corporate espionage and the FBI. John Snell and David Shepardson of the Detroit News reports that the FBI searched the headquarters while investigating…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Questionable ties between FBI agents and probation officers preceded Thursday’s decision by Cook County prosecutors to dismiss felony gun charges against a Chicago man Thursday, the Chicago Tribune reports. Orangelo Payne, 34, was on probation for felony possession of marijuana when his probation officer turned up at Payne’s home with an FBI…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI employee and his wife were convicted in a mortgage fraud scheme and now face up to 30 years in prison, the Mercury News reports. The husband, Charles Espinel, 61, also admitted he lied to the agency about his new properties to prevent suspicion. Espinel and his wife, Jeanette 58,…
