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Recorded Talk In Violent Brooklyn Case Echo the Sopranos
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a case out of the Sopranos, the FBI used tape recordings and informants to bust five guys for “conspiring to obstruct” a federal civil lawsuit in Brooklyn. A criminal complaint, unsealed last week, said the civil lawsuit forced Keystone Renovations Corp. to pay a prevailing wage to employees. The company…
Under the Ooops Category: New Orleans Cop Off To Prison
NEW ORLEANS –Donald Battiste, a former New Orleans Police Officer was sentenced last week in federal court here to 4 years and 9 months in prison for civil rights violations in connection with the beating and robbery of a man he thought was an itinerant worker, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. It ended up the…
Kansas U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren Steps Down
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As we prepare to usher in a new administration, U.S. Attorneys are heading for safer ground. The latest is U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren in Wichita, Ks., who stepped down this week to be sworn in as Kansas’ newest federal district judge, the Justice Department announced. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker will…
DEA Busts Drug Cells That Distributed For Mexican Cartel
The DEA and other law enforcement agencies busted up a number of cells that distributed drugs for a huge Mexican cartel. By Greg Moran San Diego Union-Tribune SAN DIEGO – Federal authorities on Wednesday announced the indictments of 35 members of a half-dozen drug-trafficking cells that shuttled drugs north and cash south through Imperial County….
Colombian Warlords Sentenced In Miami For Drugs
By CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press MIAMI — Two right-wing paramilitary warlords extradited earlier this year with 12 others with great fanfare from Colombia were ordered Thursday to spend decades behind U.S. bars after pleading guilty to roles in a far-reaching cocaine smuggling conspiracy. U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore imposed the maximum sentences under…
Mexican Cartels Buying Drugs From Colombian Rebels
Mexico and Colombia both have a problem. Can it ever be solved? By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are buying drugs directly from Colombia’s main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a hemispheric meeting on crime. The finance chief of the FARC rebel…
Man Sentenced For Smuggling Sea Turtle Skins: He Made Boots For Bush And Ex-Mexican Prez
A Mexican man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Colorado for illegally importing skins from sea turtles and other endangered animals. Turns out that he had some prominent customers. By The Associated Press DENVER-A man who made boots for President Bush and former Mexican President Vicente Fox has been sentenced to two years in…
Man Admits In Fed Court to Posing As A Naval Officer
An ex-Naval man went around posing as a rear admiral. Problem was, he wasn’t one. By Christian Davenport and Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writers ALEXANDRIA, Va. – He wore a short-sleeve Navy summer white uniform, crisp and pressed. Had the black and gold shoulder boards of a rear admiral and a chest full of…