Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A truck driver says a special agent with the FBI’s Buffalo office was driving without pants and making lewd gestures Friday, the Buffalo News reports. If convicted, the agent, John A. Yervelli, 48, faces up to 30 days behind bars. According to a police report, a car driven by Yervelli “pulled up…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If Ronald M. Fino could do it over again, he would have chosen his role with the FBI a bit differently, the Buffalo News reports. Fino was an FBI informant, Buffalo labor leader and organized crime associate. Instead of being a paid informant, Fino said he wished he had become an…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A corrupt former aide to two Buffalo mayors may help the feds find more corruption. Timothy E. Wanamaker, also a former economic development chief, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of stealing government funds, reports Buffalo News, and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. Wanamaker admitted to charging about $30,000…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal magistrate judge in Buffalo this week expressed concern about the conduct of a federal prosecutor and FBI agent, saying the two may have crossed the line while seeking racketeering charges against members and associates of the Chosen Few motorcycle club, the Buffalo News reported. The paper reported that U.S….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com On Monday, it appeared to be raining new special agents in charge at the FBI. The agency announced the names of four new SACs: Christopher M. Piehota for the Buffalo Division; James L. Turgal for the Phoenix Division; Stephen L. Morris for the Houston Division and David A. Ford for the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com “Ooops” and “sorry” are the two things that come to mind in this case. U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. of Buffalo and Lev J. Kubiak, head of the Homeland Security Investigations in that city, apologized to a businessman whose home was mistakenly raided earlier this month by ICE agents, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Buffalo police are investigating a Monday morning home robbery that reportedly involved at least four men who were wearing FBI badges and jackets, radio station WBEN reported. A man was shot in the hand and his wife was pistol-whipped. The station reported that the man claimed he was stopped by four…
The upside is the agent lived; the downside he was shot and by a fellow agent. Both painful and embarrassing to the FBI. Authorities say it was the result of an accidental gun discharge. By Dan Herbeck and Lou Michel NEWS STAFF REPORTERS BUFFALO — When 300 cops hit the streets of Buffalo early Thursday…
