The author served on Detroit Police Department as an investigator. He spent about 25 years on federal task forces. He retired in 2020. By Ira Todd There are few men in this business whose lives testify to courage, principle, and relentless dedication. Christopher “Hat-Trick” Hess, who just retired from the FBI in Detroit as…
Detroit police are pulling out of a DEA task force over the use of an informant who went on a killing spree.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — A federal law enforcement agent shot and killed a man Monday on Detroit’s northwest side , WWJ reports. WWJ reports that the agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was part of a joint federal task force that was serving an armed robbery warrant in the 9500 block of…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Anthony (Tony) Bertoni, a legendary law man both at the Detroit Police Department and as United States Marshal, died this past Sunday at the age of 95. The Bertoni family grew up on the eastside of Detroit during the difficult years of post World War I and the Depression. Like many…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Anthony (Tony) Bertoni, a legendary law man both at the Detroit Police Department and as United States Marshal, died this past Sunday…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Here’s a story that’s very bizarre and dangerous. Fox2’s Charlie LeDuff reports that an off-duty FBI agent almost shot a Detroit cop on Wednesday at a gas station in Detroit in the Corktown area during a “lame brain” incident. He reports that the Detroit Police Department was simulating…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Investigators are trying to determine if one of two wounded Detroit cops on an ATF task force was injured as a result of friendly fire in a shootout with a murder suspect last week on the city’s west side. That may not be easy. Law enforcement sources familiar…
By Allan Lengel and Bill McGraw Deadline Detroit DETROIT — The man suspected of shooting and wounding two Detroit police officers on Tuesday evening following a car chase on the city’s west side, had been on parole since last October after serving time for armed robbery, according to a law enforcement official and public records. Matthew…
