By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What’s Ex-NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik up to since he was released from federal prison after serving about three years? For one, he’s back to running the Kerik Group, that provides security and countterrorism services internationally. He’s also pushing for prison reform. Kerik emailed a press release Sunday stating that he’s pushing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Disgraced NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik was released from prison in late May, and has been serving out the remainder of his sentence under house arrest at his home in Franklin Lakes, N.J. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons inmate locator says Kerik, 58, will officially finish his sentence Oct. 15. He…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s interesting how soon we forget about public figures when they run afoul of the law. Sometimes years go by before we finally say, “Gee, whatever happened to Congressman so-and-so” and “I wonder when he’s getting out of prison.” Well, ticklethewire.com was wondering the same. So we checked with the Bureau…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s interesting how soon we forget about public figures when they run afoul of the law. Sometimes years go by before we finally say, “Gee, whatever happened to Congressman so-and-so” and “I wonder when he’s getting out of prison.” Well, ticklethewire.com was wondering the same. So we checked with the Bureau…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The headline on the website Gang Land News says it all: “Red Hot NY Lawyer Tacopina Gets Big Chill From Wiseguys.” The headline was in reference to hotshot lawyer Joseph Tacopina, who was once the go-to guy for a lot of mobsters. But no more — apparently not since he became a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, who once was considered for the top spot at the Department of Homeland Security in the Bush administration, got some bad news Thursday. The 2nd Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld his four year sentence, saying the judge was fair, the Associated Press reported….
Leonard Levitt wrote the column “One Police Plaza” for the newspaper Newsday about the New York City police department. Before joining Newsday, he worked as a reporter for the Associated Press and the Detroit News, as a correspondent for Time Magazine, and as the investigations editor of the New York Post. By Leonard Levitt Huffington…
