Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Robert Foley III, a 16-year FBI veteran with a background of cracking down on corruption, will take charge of the agency’s Detroit Division to replace Andrew Arena, who retired in May, the FBI announced.
Foley was named special agent in charge of an office that has been busy investigating public corruption cases, including the one against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his alleged criminal enterprise.
A former aviator in the U.S. Army, Foley worked as an agent attorney in the Office of General Counsel at FBI headquarters and handled abuse of tax dollars in the public corruption unit in the Criminal Investigation Division, the Free Press reported.
Foley’s experience also includes heading a criminal enterprise effort in Phoenix.
His appointment was first reported by Deadline Detroit and ticklethewire.com.
