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Money Wasted in Cook County Police Program, Lawmakers Call for FBI Probe
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Would you believe that federal money was wasted in Illinois’ Cook County, home of the city of Chicago? A report by the Department of Homeland Security claims that millions of dollars may have been wasted on a troubled $44 million county program that put faulty cameras in police cars, reports…
ATF Agent’s Death Result of Decisions of “Career Criminal,” Officials Say
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com ATF officials are calling the man ultimately responsible for the death of off-duty agent John Capano a “career criminal who chose to resume his life of crime” on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, reports Wantagh-Seaford Patch. Capano, a 23-year veteran of the ATF and originally from the New York town…
Sen. Schumer to DEA: Pharmacies Need More Protection
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is concerned about American pharmacists. There have been about 1,800 pharmacy robberies in the past three years, he has said in calling for increased protection for pharmacists, reports UPI. Schumer blames the robberies on the increased ability to obtain highly addictive pain medications like Oxycontin, and in…
Book Review: Retired FBI Agent Writes About His Dealings with Mobster “Whitey” Bulger
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Associated Press Retired FBI agent Robert Fitzpatrick tells his compelling story of trying to bring Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger to justice in “Betrayal,” written with Jon Land. Fitzpatrick’s career was filled with multiple commendations and promotions, and when he transferred to Boston in the early 1980s with orders to…
FBI Definition of Rape to Include Men for First Time
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For 85 years, the official definition of rape did not include men. That’s changing. The FBI is changing that definition to include sexual assault of males, USA Today reports. “Under the current definition, established 85 years ago, many of the sex crimes alleged in the ongoing prosecution of former Penn State…
Memorial Fund Established for NY ATF Agent John Capano
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A memorial fund has been set up for ATF agent John Capano of New York who was killed New Year’s Eve day while attempting to stop an armed robbery of a pharmacy in Long Island where he had gone to fill a cancer medication for his ailing father. The primary purpose…