W. Va. U.S. Attorney Sharon Potter Stepping Down
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com West Virginia U.S. Attorney Sharon Potter is stepping down after three years on the job, following many other Bush-appointed U.S. Attorneys who have quit in this transitional year, the Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register reports. “When the opportunity…
John V. Gillies Who Headed St. Louis FBI to Head Miami Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John V. Gillies, who headed the FBI’s St. Louis office, has been named special agent in charge of the Miami division, the FBI announced Friday. He replaces Jonathan I. Solomon, who retired. Gillies, a Chicago native, started his FBI career in 1983 as a financial analyst. Two years later,…
Ill. U.S. Attorney Rodger Heaton Steps Down
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney Rodger Heaton of Springfield, Ill., who has been a federal prosecutor since 1991, stepped down Monday, the Associated Press reported. His assistant Jeffrey Lang takes over as the acting U.S. Attorney. The wire service said Heaton planned to practice law in the private sector. Heaton had been U.S. Attorney…
N.Y. Acting U.S. Atty. Andrew Baxter Named U.S. Magistrate
If you’re going to land somewhere, this is not a bad place to land. By Jim O’Hara The Post-Standard SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Veteran federal prosecutor Andrew T. Baxter has been selected to succeed U.S. Magistrate Judge Gustave J. DiBianco upon DiBianco’s upcoming retirement. Baxter, 43, has been the acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District…
Ex-FBI Clerk Margaret “Marjorie” Cannon Who Married FBI Agent Dead at Age 94
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Margaret “Marjorie” Cannon, 94, a homemaker and a former FBI clerk who was married to an FBI agent, died in Burtonsville, Md., on Aug. 23, the Washington Post reported. The long-time District resident died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, the paper reported. In 1942, she joined the FBI as…