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Breaking: Whitey Bulger Gets 2 Life Sentences, And then Some
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James “Whitey” Bulger, the murderous Boston mobster who has been the subject of public fascination and fodder for movies and books, was sentenced Thursday to two life sentences, plus five years, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune. He was also ordered to pay $19,510,276 in restitution to the families….
Relatives of ‘Whitey’ Bulger Victims Spoke Out Before He Is Sentencing Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The relatives of James “Whitey” Bulger’s victims spoke out Wednesday during a pre-sentencing hearing for the notorious mobster, the Boston Globe reports. But no matter what the relatives said, Bulger stood impassively with his back to them. “You won’t even turn around and look at us?” said Patrick Callahan, shaking his head…
Columnist Recalls Terrifying Days He Was in Whitey Bulger’s Crosshairs
Howie Carr Boston Herald Whitey Bulger, you wanted to kill me, but I’m still alive. And you’re dead. You’re not going to last long in a real prison, you bully, you coward. I heard you’ve told some of the guards down at Plymouth you would have killed me for sure but you were concerned about…
Secret Service Agents Under Investigation for Alleged Misconduct
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It started with a bullet inside a woman’s hotel room. Ignacio Zamora Jr., a senior supervisor who oversees a dozen agents in the president’s detail, tried to force his way into the hotel room and retrieve the bullet, the Washington Post reports. After launching that investigation, authorities also discovered that Zamora…
Mexican National Alleges He Was Raped While in Custody of ICE
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican national said he was raped by cellmates in a Montana jail while he was waiting to be deported, the Great Falls Tribune reports. “I want people to know what happened to me, and I want the people responsible to be punished,” Audemio Orozco-Ramirez, 40, told the Tribune through an interpreter….
Oregon’s Top FBI Official Is Retiring, Accepting Job with Nike
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com From the FBI to shoes? Oregon’s top FBI official, Special Agent in Charge Gregory A. Fowler, is leaving the helm after two years, the Oregonian reports. “I am retiring at the end of this month to take a position in the private sector,” said Special Agent in Charge Gregory A. Fowler in…
Surprise, President Obama’s choice for Homeland Security Head Faces Few Obstacles
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jeh Johnson’s opposition to President Obama’s decision to unilaterally use warplanes to drop bombs on Libya in June 2011 may have paid off., the Los Angeles Times reports. Johnson was general council at the Defense Department at the time, and advised Obama to get Congressional approval. His advice has won him Republican…
Two Border Patrol Agents Headed to Prison for Forcing Immigrants to Eat Pot, Run Circles
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents have been sentenced to two years in prison after forcing suspected trafficking to eat marijuana and run around the Arizona desert, RT reports. The agents, Dario Castillo, 25, and Ramon Zuniga, 31, were convicted of violating the civil rights of four Mexican men who were in the U.S….