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Big Cocaine Drug Bust on New York Thruway
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com One moment you’re driving down a New York state Thruway and the next you’re in prison facing drug charges in connection with violent Mexican drug cartel. Texas residents Ruby Irene Maxwell, Mary Ann Selgado and Matthew Octavious Sandoval were arrested after their vehicle was searched on a state thruway and police…
31 Charged in Texas DEA Bust
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A three-month-long DEA operation ended with federal drug and firearm charges filed against 31 people, CBS reports. The charges were made in the Texas towns of Midland and Odessa by the DEA’s Mobile Enforcement Team. Most defendants were arrested Thursday morning or were already in custody, according to CBS. The charges…
Taxpayers Dish Out Nearly $1.8 Million to Defend Lawyers in Failed Prosecution of Late Ted Stevens
Brad Heath USA Today WASHINGTON – The federal government has spent nearly $1.8 million defending prosecutors from allegations they broke the law in the botched corruption case against former Alaska senator Ted Stevens, Justice Department records show. The case against Stevens fell apart three years ago when the Justice Department admitted its attorneys had improperly…
Homeland Chief: No Major Threats Against Super Bowl
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com So far so good. KCRA tv reports that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made clear there have been no major threats for the Super Bowl Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. “We’re really moving forward in terms of what we can check for and how we check, and with as little hassle…
Hackers Intercept FBI, Scotland Yard Call
By The Associated Press LONDON — A sensitive conference call between FBI and British police’s cybercrime investigators was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, officials and hackers said Friday. Hacking collective Anonymous published a roughly 15-minute-long recording of a conference call apparently devoted to tracking and prosecuting members of the loosely-knit…
Lubbock City Property Returned After a Nearly 4-Year FBI Investigation
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Federal agents and prosecutors know too well the frustration of investigating something for a long long time, only to come up empty handed. Well, that’s just what happened in Lubbock, Tex. A nearly four-year-long FBI investigation of the city and its former healthcare administrator has resulted in no charges, according to…