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FBI Probing Las Vegas Hospital for Leaking Info to Ambulance Chasing Attorneys
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ambulance chasers beware. The FBI is probing allegations that someone at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas released confidential information about traffic accident victims to personal injury attorneys hunting for new clients, Courthouse News Service reports. “Our main concern right now is to conduct a thorough and professional investigation for…
FBI Adds 2 People to Most Wanted Terrorist List
Husayn Muhammad al-Umari/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI has added two people to its Most Wanted Terrorists list. One of those people is Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso, who is wanted in connection with the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen that killed 17 sailors, the FBI said. The…
Gotti Jury for 2nd Time Says it’s Deadlocked
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thanksgiving at the Gotti home may be filled with a little more laughter than at the homes of the New York prosecutors and FBI agents who worked his case. That’s because the odds of a mistrial for John Gotti Jr. are improving by the day. On Tuesday, for the second time…
FBI’s Most Wanted List No Longer Hangs in Most Post Offices
It’s hard to get all teary eyed and nostalgic about the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives list, but you have to admit the list looked pretty cool hanging on the post office walls. It brought a little excitement to a place that is anything but exciting. By Lee Hill Kavanaugh The Kansas City Star For decades,…
Undercover ICE Agent’s Life Spared in Colombia When Traffickers Learn of his Identity
BY GERARDO REYES Miami Herald MIAMI — Luis Angel Ortiz was being driven to a party in Medellín when the car came to a halt and a man in the back seat put a gun to his head. Time to pay up, Ortiz was told. The threat came from the chief of a Medellín drug…
Chicago Area Businessman Pleads to Assaulting FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A suburban Chicago business man, who was charged with assaulting an FBI agent, has decided to stop gambling on his fate. John Esposito, a Franklin Park businessman, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor after a jury failed to reach a verdict on Monday on felony charges, the Chicago Tribune reported….
Baltimore FBI Office Named After Slain FBI Agent Sam Hicks
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI’s Baltimore office is now officially named after FBI Agent Sam Hicks, who was killed last year while serving an arrest warrant in the Pittsburgh area. The name change came during a ceremony held on Monday, which was attended by his wife and three-year-old son, according to media…
FBI Busts NY Man in Theft of Andy Warhol Piece
By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A New AOL News Site) In the pop art world, the provocative Andy Warhol made a big splash. On Monday, one of his classic works proved his 15 minutes are far from over. Federal authorities announced Monday they had charged James S. Biear, 49, of Ossining, N.Y., with stealing a…