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Police Chief Lured By Xbox 360; Pleads Guilty to Stealing Evidence
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com “It is a sad day when law enforcement must pursue one of their own,” said US Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton. Particularly when it involves stealing evidence, or more specifically, gaming consoles Xbox 360s. Wigginton was announcing on Thursday the guilty plea of Michael Baxton, the…
FBI: Cop Tipped Off Drug Dealers
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is alleging that a Georgia cop tipped off drug dealers about an upcoming raid by the bureau, charges that the cop says are untrue, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Gabriel Hoskins III, the police officer, plead not guilty to the charges on Thursday, but was placed on supervised release…
7 lbs. of Meth Seized in Colo. Ski Town
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The mountains aren’t the only way to get high in Colorado Springs, Colo., apparently. Investigators seized seven pounds of meth and made four arrests in the ski resort town, reports KRDO. Vincente Martinez,40, Jovel Cristian, 27, Martin Martinez, 21, and Rafael Amezcua, 27, all from Los Angeles, were arrested at a…
FBI: $10 Million Payed Back to Victims
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The victims of one of New York’s largest public corruption schemes can breathe a sigh of relief today. The US Attorney in Rochester, New York, announced on Wednesday that more than $10 million in forfeited property has been returned to the victims of property tax appraisal and assessment schemes orchestrated by…
FBI’s Kids Page: Just Another Example of FBI Outdoing Other Agencies in the Public Relations Game
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I remember years ago sitting at a banquet table at a retirement party for a U.S. Marshal in Detroit when the head of U.S. Customs in Detroit started talking about his school-aged son. With some amusement, and a perhaps a drop of disappointment, he recounted how his son told people his…
Former FBI Agent New Port Authority IG
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Former FBI agent Thomas Raftery is now the Inspector General for the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) for New Jersey and Pennsylvania, reports Fox News. The decision was made at a DRPA meeting on Wednesday, where a former political aide was named the new deputy chief executive officer of the DRPA…
Column: FBI’s Kids Page: Just Another Example of FBI Outdoing Other Agencies in the Public Relations Game
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I remember years ago sitting at a banquet table at a retirement party for a U.S. Marshal in Detroit when the head of U.S. Customs in Detroit started talking about his school-aged son. With some amusement, and a perhaps a drop of disappointment, he recounted how his son told people his…
Mobster John Gotti: Draft Dodger? Kinda, Sorta
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Was the late Godfather John Gotti a draft dodger? Well, kinda, sorta. His status with the military is included in 1,580 pages of FBI files on Gotti from 1964 to 1995, archived on a CD-ROM by the website paperlessarchives.com. Gotti was the boss of the Gambino crime family, nicknamed the “Dapper…