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A Boston Secret Service Agent’s Road to Recovery After Paralysis
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Secret service agent Garrett Fitzgerald was paralyzed below the neck more than three years ago when a driver, high on heroin, crashed into his work vehicle. Now, he’s going through intense physical therapy with hopes of one day returning to work. Thanks to some help from his friends, he’ll be part…
Mob Experts Talk About the Gambino Boss Murder and More
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The hit on Gambino crime boss Frank Cali shook the mob the world. There was also some interesting news in the mob world out of Philly. Mob experts George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser discuss two big stories in their latest episode of Mob Talk Sitdown. Enjoy.
Security Guard Accused of Stealing ATF Guns is on the Lam
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A security guard charged with stealing firearms and gun parts from an ATF storage facility in West Virginia is on the lam. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Trumble issued a bench warrant after Christopher Lee Yates of Martinsburg failed to appear at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday morning in federal court, The…
Irony of It All: Ex-DEA Official Now Paid to Advise one of the Largest Opiod Manufacturers in U.S.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The irony of it all is not lost. A former senior DEA who testified before Congress on the government’s efforts to stop the opioid epidemic is now paid to advise one of the largest opioid manufacturers in the country, Purdue Pharma, NBC News reports. Demetra Ashley, the former acting assistant administrator of…
Ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh Warns of Dangers of Importing Prescription Drugs From Canada
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh warns of the dangers of importing cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. “It’s a crisis. Medicines that are fabricated overseas, under unregulated, unsupervised conditions are flooding into the United States,” Freeh tells KXAN TV. “A lot are available on the internet. The ones that are coming into the…
Warrants Shows How Far FBI Went To Get Into Michael Cohen’s Cell Phone
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A search warrant for Michael Cohen’s properties included some pretty interesting orders to get into his cell phone. CNN reports: In one warrant application for Cohen, an FBI agent requested authorization “to press the fingers (including thumbs) of Cohen to the Touch ID sensors of the Subject Devices, or hold the…
Warrant Shows FBI Was Looking Into Michael Cohen Long Before 2018 Raid
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A search warrant released Tuesday shows that the FBI had been looking into attorney Michael Cohen since July 2017, long before agents raided his Manhattan home and office in April 2018, NBC News reports. The FBI raid netted more than 4 million electronic and paper files. U.S. District Judge William H….
Staten Island Man Charged in Murder of Gambino Crime Boss Frank Cali
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Anthony Comello, 24, of Staten Island man, has been arrested in the execution-style killing of Gambino crime family boss Frank Cali last week outside of his Staten Island home, the New York Daily News reports. Comello was arrested down the Jersey Shore. One motive may have been that Comello was angry…