Correction: The story originally said the FBI instead of the DEA. Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA supplied a drug addict with crack cocaine in exchange for his help in an undercover drug investigation in Las Vegas, he claims in a lawsuit filed against the feds, the Associated Press reports. Aaron Romero, 38, claims his previous…
Jack Tocco By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Giacomo “Black Jack” Tocco, the reputed head of the Detroit Mafia for more than three decades, who kept a relatively low profile — more so than infamous mob brothers Vito and Anthony Giacalone — died Monday night at age 87, mob expert Scott Burnstein of the Oakland…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Friends of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber are accused of dumping a backpack belonging to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in an attempt to hide evidence against him, Reuters reports. When the FBI approached the friends about the backpack, they “simultaneously” responded that it had been thrown into a dumpster, according to testimony against one…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has ended its investigation of a courtroom shooting that killed suspected gang member Siale Maveni Angilau, the Desert News reports. Federal authorities determined no excessive force was used when the deputy U.S. marshall shot Angilau four times after he grabbed a pen and charged after a witness who was testifying….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Howard S. Marshall, who began working with the FBI in 1997, has been named special agent in charge of the Louisville Division. The Associated Press reports that Marshall will succeed Perrye K. Turner, who is becoming the new leader of the agency’s Houston office. Marshall served as inspector in the Inspector Division…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents arresting a Florida teacher at his home Monday made a disturbing discovery – thousands of images of child porn on his computer, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Matthew Graziotti, 42, a fifth grade teacher at a South Daytona private school and director of the school’s summer day camp, was charged…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com “La Bestia” is a hit song in Central America. Turns out, the song, which chronicles the dangers of Mexican freight trains, was reportedly written by Customs and Border Protection as propaganda to discourage immigration to the U.S., the Washington Times reports. “Migrants from everywhere, entrenched along the rail ties/Far away from where…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Before becoming a leading expert on cyber crime, J. Keith Mularski sold discount furniture. Now he’s a supervisory special agent for the FBI, heading the Pittsburgh field office’s cyber squad, the Associated Press reports. After graduating from college, Mularski spent about five years selling furniture before joining the FBI. “I was in…
