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Lifetime-Achievement Recipient Recalls the FBI Under Hoover
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent Norbert Dembinski served under J. Edgar Hoover from 1950-53, and conducted interviews in Russian and Polish. At a recent ceremony honoring his service he recalled, “It seems I was always at the right place at the right time.” W. Al Bostdorff, President of the Society of Former Special Agents presented…
FBI Cracks Nut in Illinois Bank Heist: Cuts Trapped Robber Free From Duct
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Bank robber Charles Estell, 38, of Illinois, spent the night trapped in a duct before police cut him free and arrested him, reports CBS News. Estell must have watched all the right movies to help plan his weekend bank heist. Problem is, he was more Charlie Chaplin than Sean Connery in his…
Fed Field Trip, Destination: Italy
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The U.S. feds met with Italian law enforcement counterparts in Italy last week to make sure everyone was on the same page on organized crime. The summit gave the FBI and several federal prosecutors from the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office a chance to connect the dots with Italian officials on current investigations…
Exciting Ride for Head of Detroit FBI: Going to Head Crime Commission
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT — On Christmas day in 2009, Andrew Arena, head of the Detroit FBI, made a beeline to the airport to deal with a young Nigerian man — aka The Underwear Bomber — who tried to blow up an airliner. “He slipped up and gave us some stuff,” Arena…
Gangster Whitey Bulger Started Snitching as Early as 1950s
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Crime never pays, but working as an informant for the FBI sure seemed to for Mobster “Whitey” Bulger. That’s why he started snitching early… as early as the 1950s reports the Boston Globe. Arrested with his girlfriend Catherine Greig last June after 16 years on the lamb, 82-year-old Bulger may not have…
FBI Sting Snares White Supremacist Who Threatened Prez: Faces Gun Charges
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI sting snared a white supremacist in Virginia who posted threats about President Obama on a hate-website. Douglas Story tried buying an illegal fully automatic machine gun from an undercover agent, Fox 5 reported. Story alleged paid the agent to convert a rifle into a machine gun. To read more…
New Head of North Fla. FBI is a Rising Star
By Jim Schoettler Florida Times-Union JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On his first day at work, Mike Steinbach sat at a Chicago Denny’s drinking coffee, reading a newspaper and covertly protecting a nearby federal witness from a possible hit attempt by the mob. “I thought, ‘Holy moly.’ This is a pretty good deal,” Steinbach said. “I knew…