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Suburban Boston Ex-Cop Admits to Lying to FBI Agents and Agrees to Cooperate in Police Corruption Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Boston FBI will be getting a little help in a suburban police corruption probe, thanks to a former cop from that department who has agreed to cooperate. Ex-Detective Arlindo Romeiro of the Stoughton Police Department pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boston to lying to FBI agents about…
Missouri State Lawmaker Chucks Career for $2,100 Bribe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com St. Louis’ top FBI agent Roland J. Corvington put it most succinctly after Wednesday’s federal sentencing of Missouri state lawmaker Talibdin El-Amin. “Mr. El-Amin threw away his political career for $2100.” The state House representative from the 57th Missouri District was sentenced in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to 18…
Courtney Evans — FBI Liaison to Hoover and the Kennedys — Dies at Age 95
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A historic link to the FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover and JFK and Robert Kennedy is gone. Courtney A. Evans, 95, a high ranking FBI official who was a liaison between Hoover and the Kennedy’s, died last month of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Naples, Fla., the Washington Post reported….
FBI Probe into Illegal Steroids Broke New Ground
By Greg Stejskal A little over 20 years ago, I met with Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler to discuss a concern he had. I had come to know Bo through making presentations to the football team since 1982. Bo’s concern was the increasing use of steroids by football players. He was not only concerned about…
Arizona Border Patrol Agent Shoots and Kills Illegal Immigrant
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border patrol agent in southern Arizona on Monday shot and killed an illegal immigrant who allegedly threw rocks at the agent, the Associated Press reported. Attributing information to Border Patrol spokesman Omar Candelaria, AP reported that the incident happened when the agent and his dog encountered the illegal immigrant…
Head of Newark FBI Weysan Dun to Take Charge of Omaha Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Weysan Dun, who has headed the FBI’s Newark office, is leaving the east coast for the Midwest where he’ll take charge of the Omaha Division, the FBI announced Monday. Dun started out with the FBI in 1982 and worked in the San Francisco, Omaha, and Chicago Divisions, where he…
Ex-Army Ranger Pleads to Hiring Undercover FBI Agent to Kill Seattle Fed Prosecutor Who Sent Him to Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fair to say that former Army Ranger Luke Sommer has some issues. Sommer, who is serving a 24 year sentence for masterminding a 2006 bank robbery in Washington state, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to trying to hire an undercover FBI agent to kill a Seattle assistant…
Two Get Prison Time for Breaking Into Calif. FBI Agent’s Garage
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Burglary isn’t the wisest career path. But burglarizing an FBI agent’s home — well, that’s just downright dumb. Jeffrey Michael Drach, 20, and Justin Wesley Case, 21, were each sentenced Monday to two years in prison for the November burglary of the agent’s Yorba Linda, Calif. garage, the Orange County Register…