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John Gotti Jr. Tells Story as a Kid Why he Later Joined the Mob
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Gotti Jr. had a little different childhood than most. On Wednesday, the man who just escaped conviction for the fourth time when a judge declared a mistrial in his racketeering case, explained why he joined the mob. Newsday’s Sophia Chang reports in an interview with Gotti, 45, that he recalled…
Wife of Retired FBI Agent Missing in Iran Pleads for Help 1,000 Days Later
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The wife of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson marked the 1,000th day of her husband’s disappearance in Iran Thursday by talking about the anguish and pleading for help from the Iranian government to find out about his whereabouts. “Today, Thursday, December 3rd, marks the 1,000th day since my husband,…
DEA’s Michele Leonhart Still Appears on Track to Get Agency’s Top Post
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Despite all the speculation and rumor as to who will be the next chief of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, word has it that the acting chief Michele Leonhart is still on track to get the nod from the White House for the top post. Leonhart, whose title is acting…
FBI Busts D.C. Guards on Charges of Smuggling Cellphones and Ipods to Inmates for Cash
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An undercover FBI employee posing as an inmate’s brother, helped bust two D.C. corrections officers and a Maryland woman on federal bribery charges for allegedly smuggling cellphones and iPods to prisoners in exchange for cash payments, the Washington Post reported. Authorities on Tuesday arrested corrections officers Thomas Ford, 35,…
Ex-U.S. Atty/Gov. Elect Chris Christie Subpoenaed in Trial of Right Wing NJ Shock Jock
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now that the election is over, New Jersey’s Gov.-elect Christopher Christie doesn’t have to deal with this as a potential campaign issue. Nonetheless, it’s probably a situation the former New Jersey U.S. Attorney would rather not deal with at all. The Herald News reported that Christie, who stepped down as Newark’s…
NY Mobster Gregory DePalma Whose Friends Included Sinatra Dies in Prison at Age 77
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com New York mobster Gregory DePalma, whose friends included celebrities Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Willie Mays, and who was embarrassed when he suggested an undercover Cuban-born FBI agent become a made man in the Gambino crime family, has died in prison at age 77, Gangland News reported. DePalma became a “made…
FBI Joins Hunts for Wash. State Cop Killer; Ex-Ark. Gov. Huckabee Commuted Sentence of Suspect
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI joined the hunt for a “person of interest” in the slaying of four police officers in Parkland, Wash., at a coffee shop Sunday morning, according to media reports. Authorities identified the person of interest as Maurice Clemmons, 37, of Tacoma, Wash. Meanwhile, the Seattle Times reported that ex-Arkansas Gov….
Cyber Expert Warns of Criminals Snatching Info From Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A cyber-security expert who has worked with such agencies as the FBI and Scotland Yard is warning that hackers and cyber criminals are targeting social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, the The Observer in London reports. “It’s happening all over the world,” said the expert Mikko Hypponen, who refuses to…