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Another Former Detroit Public Official Is Accused of Stealing Millions from Taxpayers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the latest raid against public corruption in Detroit, the FBI descended on the home and business of a former Detroit Public Schools official, WXYZ reports. The FBI said Carolyn Darden was the district’s director of grants when she helped herself to millions of tax dollars. A federal affidavit accuses her and…
FBI Director Comey Names Bureau’s New National Security Chief
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI officially named Andrew McCabe to its top national security post. The long-time terrorism investigator was promoted to assistant director of the National Security Branch, which oversees terrorism-related intelligence, the FBI announced. McCabe, who began his career in 1996 with the bureau’s organized crime squad in New York, was the…
Across the Country, the Federal Designer-Drug Crackdown Takes Prisoners, Cash, and a Legal Backlash
By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE –– Dev Bahadur Hamal worked behind the counter of the Tobacco Stop in Bel Air, one of those ubiquitous shops that sell legal smokables and accessories for illegal ones, like bongs, hookahs, rolling papers, pot grinders, and glass pipes. On Sept. 22, 2011, a customer stepped up to the…
Slain Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Implicated in Triple Murder
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com Before Tamerlan Tsarnaez was accused of planting bombs at the finishing line at the Boston Marathon, the slain suspect participated in a triple murder in a nearby town, his friend told investigators, Reuters reports. The newly filed court records said Ibragim Todashev told investigators that Tsarnaez took part in a triple stabbing….
Government Must Get Warrant for GPS for Car, Appeals Court Rules
By Andrea Peterson Washington Post WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Tuesday that the government must obtain a warrant to attach a GPS unit to a car. The case involved alleged pharmacy burglaries in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland: the authorities suspected a trio of brothers and slapped a magnetic GPS unit…
Survey: Majority of Americans Support Legalizing Marijuana for First Time
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A recent survey found for the first time that a majority of Americans favor legalizing marijuana, Gallup reports. Gallup found that 58% of Americans support making pot legal – a major increase since 2005, when only 35% of the population favored legalization. The changing attitudes were seen over the past year in…
Ex-Secret Service Agent: Obama’s Staff Partied Hard During Overseas Trips
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The White House staff likes to party. So says former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino in an upcoming book, “Life Inside the Bubble,” the Baltimore Sun reports. “The only bad behavior I ever witnessed at these events was by intoxicated White House staff,” Dan Bongino, who is running for office in Maryland’s…
AG: New Strategies Needed to Respond to Active Shooter Situations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As police increasingly respond to “active shooter” situations, Attorney General Eric Holder said new strategies must be developed to limit the death toll, CNN reports. Speaking at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Philadelphia, Holder said mass shootings are on the rise. “Although research methods and results vary, it’s…