Barbara McQuade has been the U.S. Attorney in Detroit since January 2010. By Barbara L. McQuade Detroit Free Press Guest Writer DETROIT — As the Free Press’ “Living with Murder” series has vividly illustrated, reducing homicide and violent crime in Detroit is essential to improving our quality of life. Even those who live outside…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A big shakeup has begun at ATF. Thomas Brandon, who had recently been sent from Detroit to head up the Phoenix Division and clean up the fall out from Operation Fast and Furious, will become the agency’s deputy director — the number two person. The acting number two person, William J….
By TRESA BALDAS Free Press Staff Writer DETROIT — A man suspected of trying to blow up a plane with a bomb in his underwear. A former mayor accused of turning city hall into a mob-like racket. And a man facing the death penalty. Pretty hairy for her first year on the job. But U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, already facing an avalanche of legal trouble, was hammered again on Wednesday when a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted him, his father, a city contractor and former aides on public corruption charges centering on government contracts and kickbacks. In announcing the 38-count indictment at a televised…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Six members of the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, accused of engaging in violence, drug trafficking and other illegal activities, were convicted Thursday in Detroit federal court of racketeering conspiracy charges including one member who was tried in absentia after having a heart attack in the third week of trial. The verdict marked…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade in Detroit announced Thursday that she’s launched an internal inquiry into “recent disclosures of information to the press regarding federal public corruption investigations.’ McQuade asked investigating agencies to conduct similar internal inquiries, according to a press release issued by her office. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The slow process of lining up new U.S. Attorneys continued Monday with the nomination of four new names. The website Main Justice reported that President Obama nominated: Christopher A. Crofts (Wyoming): James L. Santelle (Eastern District of Wisconsin): Thomas G. Walker (Eastern District of North Carolina): Barbara L. McQuade (Eastern District…
