Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Pop singer Fiona Apple was released from jail Thursday after authorities says she was busted with marijuana and hashish in her tour bus at the West Texas Border Patrol checkpoint, the Associated Press reports. After drug-sniffing dogs detected pot, Apple’s bus was searched and authors found about four grams of marijuana and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A senior attorney with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was convicted Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court of taking a series of bribes from immigrants seeking documentation to remain in the U.S., the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. ICE Assistant Chief Counsel Constantine Peter Kallas, 39, of Alta Loma, Calif. was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Down in southern Illinois, Sheriff Raymond Martin enjoyed the respect of the people of Gallatin County — that is until the feds busted him last May on charges of selling marijuana while in uniform. Now things have only gotten worse. Martin, who has been sheriff since 1990, was charged with plotting…
