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FBI May Have Cracked Case of Pre-Dawn Robbery Immortalized by ‘Goodfellas’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 1978 robbery depicted in the movie “Goodfellas” was inspired by real life events at John F. Kennedy International Airport. CNN reports a major break in that case, in which suspected organized crime associates were murdered and more than $6 million in cash and jewelry stolen. On Wednesday, authorities arrested suspected Bonanno…
Nude Pictures on Revenge-Porn Site Leads to 2 Arrests for Hacking, Other Charges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hunter Moore, who once operated the revenge-porn website IsAnyoneUp.com, and an accomplice have been arrested and accused of hacking into computers and stealing nude photos, the Rolling Stone reports. Thursday’s arrest of Moore and Charles Evens came on the heals of a 15-count indictment. Moore, among other things, is accused of paying…
Firm That Vetted Snowden, Navy Yard Shooter Accused of Bilking Taxpayers Out of Millions of Dollars
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The contractor that vetted NSA leaker Edward Snowden and the Navy Yard shooter has cheated taxpayers out of millions of dollars for unfinished background checks, the Washington Times reports, citing a Justice Department filing. In fact, investigators allege USIS received $11.7 million in performance awards from 2008 to 2010. But that work…
Hawaii Man Gets 18 Month in Prison for Drunk Dialing FBI About Nonexistent Hijacking
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Consider this a lesson in drunk dialing. A Hawaii man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday for drunkenly calling the FBI and falsely reporting an airplane hijacking, the Associated Press reports. Timothy David Hershman blamed the incident on alcoholism and anger. “I screwed up really big time, your honor,” he…
Justice Department Describes Horrifying Abuses of Female Inmates at Alabama Prison
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When federal officials began investigating claims of sexual abuse at an Alabama prison for women, they never imagined what they’d find inside. ABC News reports that the environment was so obscene and toxic that the nearly 900 woman incarcerated at Tutwiler Prison “universally fear for their safety,” the Justice Department found. How bad…
Drunk Driver Crashes into Border Patrol Van, Tries to Get Away
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Roberto Carlos Perez’s first mistake was getting behind the wheel drunk. But his second mistake was maybe more perplexing – hitting a van with five Border Patrol agents inside and deciding to flee, the El Paso Times reports. Perez struck the van and drove off in his 1995 Chevrolet Corsica in El…
FBI Agents Questioning Aides to Gov. Chris Christie Over Hurricane Sandy
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is beginning to investigate whether New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie threatened to pull the plug on Hurricane Sandy relief money if a city mayor failed to support a billion-dollar development, NBC News reports. Agents are questioning witnesses and asking them to preserve any records related to the accusations made by…
Veteran Documentary Filmmaker Joe Berlinger Talks About his Newest Movie, “Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger”
The film, which premiered recently at the Sundance Film Festival, chronicles the life of the crime boss and reflects on what would have happened if the FBI didn’t use Bulger as an informant.