By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A DEA undercover agent in Florida is accused of tapping a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy on the head during a DUI stop last December, the Palm Beach Post reports. The agent apparently became frustrated during a field sobriety test. “You’re under arrest for DUI,” PBSO deputy Patrick Zeitz said. Then,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jack Riley, the former number 2 guy at the DEA, has never been one to mince words. In this case, he’s got some strong ones for actor Sean Penn. He thinks the actor should be behind bars for interfering in the apprehension of the drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. “Oh,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com Federal prosecutors have a decision to make whether to go after ex-DEA agent Chad Scott again. A mistrial was declared Monday in the trial of the former agent after jurors failed to reach a verdict. Scott is accused in a seven-year conspiracy of stealing property and money taken during investigations, reports…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former DEA task force officer, who worked for the McAllen, Tex. police department, has pleaded guilty to providing false statements in connection with a federal conspiracy case. On Thursday, Ricardo Ruiz Jr. agreed to plead guilty to one count of giving false statements to federal agents, in exchange government prosecutors…
A federal corruption trial began Tuesday for a former DEA agent charged with 10 criminal counts, from perjury to falsifying government records, as part of a sprawling investigation of a New Orleans-based task force.
A former assistant special agent in charge of the DEA’s St. Louis division has been found dead in jail a day after he was arrested on allegations of domestic violence.
The men and women who have sworn to sacrifice their own lives to protect the president are not receiving paychecks under the government shutdown.
A former police officer accused of joining the DEA so he could protect a Puerto Rican drug cartel was ordered to stay behind bars Monday until his September trial.
