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Calif. Man Gets 6 Years in Attempted Murder-for-Hire Plot
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A six-year sentence was handed down to Santa Barbara County, Calif., resident Eugene Darryl Temkin, 51, who solicited an FBI informant posing as a “hitman” to murder several individuals, the FBI announced on Monday. A judge found Temkin guilty of soliciting a crime in violence, attempting to interfere with interstate commerce…
Arkansas Men Sentenced in Cross Burning Case
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A group of three southerners had the idea to construct a large wooden cross, bring it to the yard of a local African-America resident of Arkansas, and light the cross on fire before driving away; now the three have been sentenced to 18 months in prison, the FBI announced in a…
Japanese Auto Suppliers to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing in US
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Two Japanese suppliers of electrical auto components have agreed to plead guilty and to pay out $548 million in criminal fines in a price-fixing and bid-rigging scheme, the FBI announced on their blog this week. Four executives of auto parts sales companies, all Japanese nationals, also agreed to plead guilty, according…
Justice Dept. Takes on Itself in Anthrax Attacks
By Jerry Markon The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Since it began a decade ago, the federal government’s massive investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks has been plagued by missteps and complications. Investigators initially focused on the wrong man, then had to pay him a nearly $6 million settlement. In 2008, they accused another man, Bruce…
Head of Dallas FBI Robert E. Casey Calling it Quits
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s the end of the road for Robert E. Casey. The veteran FBI agent is stepping down April 30 after five years as head of the bureau’s Dallas office, according to the Associated Press. He’s planning to retire and join the private sector, AP reported. Casey, 54, was named special agent…
High Ranking Justice Dept. Official Suggested Letting Guns Walk, Emails Show
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Newly released Justice Department emails sent to Capitol Hill for a congressional inquiry into a gun-smuggling operation indicate that the head of the department’s criminal division suggested letting some illicit “straw” weapons buyers in the U.S. transport their guns across the border into Mexico where they could be arrested….
Ex-Security Guard to the Stars Gets 9 Years for Distributing Oxycodone
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former security guard to the stars who protected such celebrities as Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie and the late Marvin Gaye, was sentenced Friday in Alexandria, Va. fed court to 9 years in prison for conspiring to distribute oxycodone. Joseph Emmanuel Mann, 57, of New Carrollton, Md., was convicted…
Feds Arrest Bonanno Mob Family Members
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Four members of the Bonanno organized crime family were arrested early Friday in New York by DEA and FBI agents on charges of racketeering, gambling and drug sales, reports NBC. Also charged in the case was Anthony Graziano, the father of Mob Wives” reality show star Renee Graziano . Vincent Badalamenti,…