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Retired FBI Agent Jailed After Feds Accuse Him of Contacting Potential Witness
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI agent accused of trying to derail an investigation into military fraud was jailed Tuesday pending trial after a federal judge in Utah said he violated terms of his release, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. U.S. District Court judge ordered Robert G. Lustyik Jr., 50, to jail after prosecutors provided…
DEA: Tennessee Sheriff’s Deputy Charged in Undercover Cocaine Bust
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee found himself on the wrong side of the law this week. The Murfreesboro Post reports that Rutherford County Deputy Louis R. Parra-Flores, 36, was busted following an undercover drug investigation involving cocaine. The DEA accuses Flores of attempting to deliver 7 kilograms of cocaine, the Post reported….
Experts Optimistic That $500M in Stolen Art Will Be Recovered Despite Passing of Nearly 25 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Now that the FBI says it knows the identity of the suspects behind the heist of $500 million of art from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the question is: Will the feds recover rare works after nearly 25 years? Art experts told the Washington Post that the chances are surprisingly good. Christopher…
Justice Department Makes It Easier for Law Enforcement to Obtain Personal E-Mails
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has abandoned it’s long-standing opposition to requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant before gaining access to certain e-mails, the Washington Post reports. The department had objected to law enforcement accessing e-mails that are 180 days old or less if they had been unopened, the Post reported. “There is…
It’s arguably a favorite family holiday
Hats should be classic. This means that they should be in the colors of the actual team. If your team color isn’t black NBA Caps, than neither should your hat be. Have fun dyeing your own yarn with simple and inexpensive things you probably have stocked in your pantry. You can use tea, food coloring,…
Ex-Fed Prosecutor a Favorite to Succeed Pat Fitzgerald
By Annie Sweeney and Christi Parsons Chicago Tribune reporters CHICAGO — A former federal prosecutor who helped convict former Gov. George Ryan appears to be the favorite to succeed Patrick Fitzgerald as the next U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, sources in Washington and Chicago told the Tribune. The sources said Zachary Fardon,…
DEA Tight-Lipped about Investigation into Prostitution Scandal in Colombia
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA is refusing to answer questions about three of its agents who are still on the federal payroll despite their alleged involvement in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, the Washington Examiner reports. The accusations are serious. DEA agents are accused of paying for a prostitute for a Secret Service supervisor and…
Opinion: FBI’s ‘Deke’ DeLoach
Dan K. Thomasson The Reporter The last time I saw Cartha D. DeLoach was all the way back in the early 1970s, when the nation’s attention was focused on the Watergate scandal. While he wasn’t one of the figures in the constitutional crisis boiling around the Nixon administration, he certainly had been a key in…