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Hawaii Man Gets 18 Month in Prison for Drunk Dialing FBI About Nonexistent Hijacking

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Consider this a lesson in drunk dialing. A Hawaii man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday for drunkenly calling the FBI and falsely reporting an airplane hijacking, the Associated Press reports. Timothy David Hershman blamed the incident on alcoholism and anger. “I screwed up really big time, your honor,” he…

Busted! Congressman Caught Buying Cocaine in Joint Sting by FBI, DEA

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel faces up to six months in jail after he was busted for cocaine possession in a joint sting by the FBI and DEA, authorities announced Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The 37-year-old freshman lawmaker said he made an “extremely terrible choice” and has been struggling with alcoholism….