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ATF Agents in Texas Hunt For Guns One House at a Time to Cut off Mexican Cartels
Guns from America are flowing into Mexico and the ATF is trying to stop it– or at least slow down the flow. It’s an uphill battle. By DANE SCHILLER Houston Chronicle HOUSTON — In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a…
Transportation Security Adm. Workers to Patrol Chicago Commuter Trains
Yes, the same folks who tell you to take off your shoes, put your laptop in a separate bin, make sure you don’t have any coins in your pocket, are coming aboard the Chicago Metra trains. Mark Brown The Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Remember how a Secret Service agent boarded a Metra train this past…
New England Mobster Who Tried Bribing Undercover FBI Agent to Get 6 Years
In mob circles, he was known as the “The Cheese Man”. In mob circles and in law enforcement circles, he was known as a big cheese; he was the underboss of the New England mob. By Shelley Murphy Boston Globe BOSTON — Reputed New England Mafia underboss Carmen “The Cheese Man” DiNunzio has cut a…
Bernie Madoff’s 150 Year Sentence Raises Some Interesting Questions
By Allan Lengel Former U.S. Atty. Roscoe Howard Jr. ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – Swindler Bernie Madoff was trapped like rat. He really had no choice but to plead guilty. A conviction at trial was a foregone conclusion. So here’s the two questions I have: Should U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, who gave Madoff a whopping 150-year…
Did Congressman John Conyers Step Over the Line to Help His Wife?
Congressman John Conyers wrote a letter supporting a project his wife, now convicted city council member Monica Conyers, had a financial interest in. Previously, he had opposed the project, but then made an abrupt about face. The question everyone is asking: Did he write the letter to help his wife financially benefit? By TODD SPANGLER…
Holocaust Museum Shooter James W. von Brunn Still Too Ill To Appear in Court
By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The arraignment for James W. von Brunn, charged with fatally shooting a Holocaust Museum guard, was postponed Tuesday after prosecutors indicated that the white supremacist was still not healthy enough to make a court appearance. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Waid told U.S. Magistrate John M. Facciola that von Brunn’s…
U.S. Atty. Paralegal in Detroit Suspected of Leaking Secret Info in City Hall Probe
Yes, this is the scandal that keeps on giving. Paul Egan The Detroit News DETROIT — A paralegal at the U.S. Attorney’s Office is suspended after officials suspected she leaked confidential information to Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle while he was under criminal investigation, people familiar with the investigation said Monday. Wendolyn Greene, formerly Wendolyn…