By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Nathan T. Gray, a native Kansan and 18-year veteran of the FBI has been named special agent in charge of the bureau’s Phoenix Division. Gray has served in various field offices including Houston and Cincinnati. In 1997, he was promoted to a supervisory position in the Organized Crime Section…
He came into the job when the Justice Department was embroiled in controversy. But he managed to navigate in the job with skill. By Mark Morris Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY — John F. Wood loves visual aids. If he left one lasting impression during his 22-month tenure as U.S. attorney in Kansas City, it…
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com The exodus of U.S. Attorneys continues around the country with the latest, John F. Wood of the Western District of Missouri, who will step down Saturday to take a job at a Washington Wall Street firm, Hughes Hubbard & Reed. Wood, a Bush appointee, began serving in April 2007. Before becoming…
CHICAGO — Larry Wert, President of the Central and Western Region of NBC Local Media, is the 2008 Chicago recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award, the FBI in Chicago announced. Commenting on the award, in a prepared statement, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV), a subsidiary of NBC Universal,…
Chicago Tribune Stanley M. “Mike” Grobe, age 65, of Kankakee, IL, U.S. Army Veteran, Special Agent for the DEA, retired after an illustrious career of 31 years. Son of the late Stanley Myers Grobe and MinnieGertrude Chapman; husband of Christine K., nee Miller; father of Alexa Miller Grobe, Christian Miller Grobe, Janna (David) Viverito and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jon MacDonald, a former U.S. Secret Service aqent, will be among nine people inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame on May 31, the Maine Sunday Telegram reported. MacDonald played basketball, football (four years as quarterback) and baseball (four years as shortstop) at Stearns High School in Millinocket, Maine, the…
By Allan Lengel Ticklethewire.com Colorado U.S. Atty. Troy Eid , the first Egyptian-American U.S. Attorney, has resigned to launch a bid for for state Attorney General in 2010. In a recent press conference, he said he was excited to run for state office and mentioned that his wife Allison Eid, a Colorado State Supreme Court…
After 25 years and investigations that have included the D.C. snipercase and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, FBI agent J. Stephen Tidwell is calling it quits. By LISA BEISEL Annapolis Capitol Crofton resident J. Stephen Tidwell has had an exciting career with the FBI since 1983. He currently holds the bureau’s fourth-highest position, and during…
