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FBI: Convicted Terrorist Sought Hits on Witnesses
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The first rule about homegrown terrorist plots: don’t talk about homegrown terrorist plots. Or so goes the code of a North Carolina prisoner recently sentenced on terrorism charges; federal court documents now allege the man plotted to kill witnesses that testified against him, including by decapitation, reports the Associated Press. An…
Column: Retired ATF Official Warns that Law Enforcement Must Look Forward in the War on Terrorism
James Cavanaugh was an ATF agent and supervisor for 33 years before retiring in 2010. By James Cavanaugh For ticklethewire.com Law-enforcement, security and intelligence professionals must have a forward-looking approach in the current climate of world events. Now is the time for police and intelligence personnel to think critically about the year ahead. While…
Ex-DEA Agent Grayling Williams to Head Internal Investigations for Baltimore PD
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-DEA official and ex-presidential appointee Grayling Williams has been hired to head up internal investigations for the Baltimore Police Department, the Baltimore Sun reported. The paper reports that Williams spent 22 years with the DEA including a stint in Baltimore. He was also assigned at one point to DEA Headquarters where…
FBI Arrests 4 New Haven, Conn. Cops in Racial Profiling Case
Four East Haven “bullies with badges” arrested: wtnh.com
Trial Begins for Former Louisiana Mayor
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a former Louisiana mayor charged with a number of crimes, reports theadvertiser.com. George L. Grace, the former Mayor of St. Gabriel, La., in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, faces charges of racketeering, extortion, obstruction of justice, false statements, bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and…
FBI: Violent MS-13 Gang Members in Custody, Facing Murder and Other Charges
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Consider the streets of Suffolk County, N.Y. that much safer: Five members of the violent street gang MS-13 were named in a indictment unsealed on Monday, the FBI announced later that day. The charges include murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, armed robberies, firearms…
Hell’s Lovers Arrested, Appear in Court
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com If prison is hell, some Denver gang members may have found their soul mates. Members of the motorcycle gang Hell’s Lovers were arrested this weekend and made their first court appearance on Monday afternoon, reports 9news.com. There wasn’t enough room for all 19 defendants in the jury box, 9news reports, so…