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Ex-Texas FBI Agent Jim Wilkins Dead at Age 61
Staying at any job for 34 years is amazing these days. Jim Wilkins did it and made a mark. By GORDON DICKSON Ft. Worth Star Telegram FT. WORTH, Tex. — Jim Wilkins’ 34-year FBI career included an important but little-known footnote in America criminal history. Wilkins was the agent who recaptured American Indian activist Leonard…
Authorities Capture FBI Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive in Mexico
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com California Gang member Emigdio Preciado, Jr., who shot and wounded a Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputy in 2000, and who is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitive list along with Osama bin Laden, was captured in Mexico, the FBI announced Monday. The FBI said Preciado was captured Friday night in Yagos,…
FBI Agent Daniel Dubree Named Assist. Dir. Information of Tech. Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Daniel D. Dubree, who has a law degree, has been named assistant director of the FBI’s Information Technology Operations Division, replacing Louis Blazy, who retired. The FBI said Monday that Dubree will be “responsible for the operations and maintenance of all FBI information technology systems worldwide”. In emphasizing the…
FBI Probing D.C. Area Police For Allegedly Protecting Gambling Rings Frequented by Dope Dealers
Historically, as it goes, the Washington area police departments have had relatively little police corruption compared to cities like Chicago, New York and Detroit. But obviously, it hasn’t been non-existent. By Aaron C. Davis Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON –– Federal authorities are investigating whether a group of Washington area police officers took money to…
Violin Thief Facing the Music After Stealing from LA Philharmonic Member
A $65,000 Carlo Tononi Violin/ lapd photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A California man is finally facing the music. Anthony Eugene Notarstefana, 45, of Long Beach, who had been in custody in France since 2007, was returned to Los Angeles Friday to face federal charges that he stole violins from a member of the L.A….
Louisiana Judge and 2 Lawyers Charged With Fraud
When it comes to public corruption charges in New Orleans, why are we not surprised? Fair or not, from an outsider’s view, public corruption seems to be part of the DNA in Bayou country. By Chris Kirkham New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS –– More than two months after being arrested by the FBI in connection…
Philly Fed Prosecutors in Sen. Fumo Case Worked Like Dogs For 137 Count Conviction
Every big case takes extraordinary time and effort. But in Philly, the federal prosecutors who convicted ex-Sen. Vince Fumo may have been more intense than most. It obviously paid off with the a conviction on all 137 counts. Ex-Sen. Vincent Fumo By Robert Moran Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA –– They were the Brains and the Bulldog,…
Carnival Elation Ship Loses Elation: FBI Arrests LA Man For Murder of Wife on Cruise Ship
It’s not really clear how people think they can off a spouse on a cruise ship and have no one notice. Nothing like turning a whole cruise ship into a crime scene. Carnival Elation Ship BY CNN A Los Angeles-area man has been charged with murder in the death of his wife while on a…