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Ala. Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Bird Feathers
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It ain’t the crime of the century. But it can still land you in one heck of a lot of trouble. Ask Alexander D. Alvarez. Alvarez pleaded guilty to the selling and possessing of illegal migratory bird feathers, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. Alvarez, of Atmore, Ala., entered…
Ex-Atty. Gen. Meese Declines to Comment on Operation Fast and Furious
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The poor Daily Caller. The conservative news website, which is bent on bashing Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr., couldn’t get the former Attorney Gen. Ed Meese to do the same, despite attempts. The website tried to get Meese to trash Holder or others in the Justice Department in connection with the…
Off Color Texts Hurt Justice Department’s Largest Sting Targeting Foreign Bribery
By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post WASHINGTON — In text message after text message, FBI agents and their key informant joked about sex, booty calls, prostitutes, cigars, the Village People, the informant’s wives and an agent’s girlfriend. They even pondered who might play their roles in a movie based on their sting. When arrests were…
$160,000 Armored Car Failed to Protect Slain ICE Agent Jaime Zapata
By Nick Miroff and William Booth Washington Post. MEXICO CITY — When U.S. special agent Jaime Zapata was shot dead one year ago on a notorious stretch of highway in central Mexico, he was driving a $160,000 armored Chevy Suburban, built to exacting government standards, designed to defeat high-velocity gunfire, fragmentation grenades and land mines….
Popularity of Synthetic Pot on the Rise
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com New trends indicate an increase in the use of dangerous synthetic drugs not currently covered under federal drug laws, reports Business Wire. The new drugs come from the cannabinoid family, closely related to marijuana. “Simply making the new drugs illegal is not likely to make them go away,” said Dr. Barry…
Physician Handed Four Life Sentences for Fatal Prescriptions
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Chicago Physician was handed a steep sentence on Tuesday for his role in the deaths of four individuals, the FBI said. Paul H. Volkman was sentenced to four consecutive terms of life imprisonment, the FBI said. He was convicted of “illegally prescribing and dispensing pain pills outside the scope of…
The Black Guerrilla Family Gang Aimed to Show a Way Out of the Criminal Lifestyle—Until its Criminal Activities Brought it Down
By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — “It’s hard to promote black nationalism when you have a black man in the White House,” Thomas Bailey said on Jan. 6, 2009, weeks before Barack Obama was sworn in as the first African-American President of the United States. Bailey, a Maryland inmate serving life for murder,…
Romney Gets Secret Service Detail
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After months of campaigning, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will now have the protection of the Secret Service, reports ABC News. While there are no specific threats to the candidate, the increased crowds at Romney’s speaking events warrant the added security, according to ABC. Former Republican hopeful Herman Cain, who has…