Nathan T. Gray Named Head of FBI’s Phoenix Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Nathan T. Gray, a native Kansan and 18-year veteran of the FBI has been named special agent in charge of the bureau’s Phoenix Division. Gray has served in various field offices including Houston and…
Departing Kansas City U.S. Atty. Remembered for His Visual Aids
He came into the job when the Justice Department was embroiled in controversy. But he managed to navigate in the job with skill. By Mark Morris Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY — John F. Wood loves visual aids. If he left one lasting impression during his 22-month tenure as U.S. attorney in Kansas City, it…
Missouri U.S. Atty. John Wood Leaving For D.C. Wall Street Law Firm
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com The exodus of U.S. Attorneys continues around the country with the latest, John F. Wood of the Western District of Missouri, who will step down Saturday to take a job at a Washington Wall Street firm, Hughes Hubbard & Reed. Wood, a Bush appointee, began serving in April 2007. Before becoming…
Chicago FBI Gives NBC Executive Larry Wert Citizen Award
CHICAGO — Larry Wert, President of the Central and Western Region of NBC Local Media, is the 2008 Chicago recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award, the FBI in Chicago announced. Commenting on the award, in a prepared statement, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV), a subsidiary of NBC Universal,…
Retired DEA Agent Stanley M. “Mike” Grobe Dies at Age 65
Chicago Tribune Stanley M. “Mike” Grobe, age 65, of Kankakee, IL, U.S. Army Veteran, Special Agent for the DEA, retired after an illustrious career of 31 years. Son of the late Stanley Myers Grobe and MinnieGertrude Chapman; husband of Christine K., nee Miller; father of Alexa Miller Grobe, Christian Miller Grobe, Janna (David) Viverito and…