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Baltimore Cop Gets 30 Months in Towing Scheme that Scandalized Dept.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Baltimore cop is off to prison for two years and six months for extortion in a towing scheme that scandalized the department. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake of Baltimore on Monday sentenced Baltimore office Jerry Diggs, Jr., 25, who was involved in a scheme in which brothers Hernan Moreno…
Queens Man Indicted for Bombing of Islamic Mosque and Hindu Temple
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Queens man was charged with hate crimes and explosive crimes stemming from allegations that allegedly fire bombed a mosque and a Hindu temple housed in a private residence on Jan. 1, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Ray Lazier Lengend, aka “Suraj Poonai,” was charged with the fire bombing of…
Secret Service Crosses Pond to Help Train Scotland Yard
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Elite U.S. Secret Service agents, who protect President Obama, are on a little mission across the pond. The Daily Mail in London reports that the agents are training Scotland Yard bodyguards to protect VIPS from “high-tech assassins.” The paper reported that police chiefs are worried computer hackers might infiltrate security for…
Justice Dept. Agrees to Pay $140,000 to Fla Man After Prosecutors Withheld Evidence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. Florida Today reports that the Justice Department has agreed to pay about $140,000 to a Florida man who was released from jail after three years when the government admitted prosecutorial misconduct. The paper reported that the prosecutors hid evidence that could have set Nino…
Santorum Accuses Obama Admin. Of Being Too Lax About Cracking Down on Porn
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rick Santorum, who has marketed himself as the conservative Republican candidate who can defeat the liberal Barack Obama, is complaining the Obama Justice Department isn’t doing enough to crackdown on pornography. The Christian Post reports that Santorum had said on his campaign website that President Obama favored pornographers over children. On…
Penn State Begins Implementing New Guidelines Recommended by Ex-FBI Dir. Louie Freeh
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This won’t make this scandal vanish, but it may help avoid one in the future. The Associated Press reported that Penn State University has begun implementing new guidelines about identifying and reporting sexual abuse recommended by former FBI director Louis Freeh. The recommendations come in wake of the scandal involving former…
FBI Worried Scientology Leader Might Escape on Tom Cruise’s Plane
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI probe into Scientology and human trafficking is dead, the Village Voice reports, but the details are fascinating nonetheless. The newspaper reports that by around June, 2010, the FBI had planned to raid Scientology’s California international headquarters “using high resolution footage shot from drone aircraft, and had also recorded the…