By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Just in case you were wondering, the answer is Yes. FBI Director James B. Comey, who was in Detroit Tuesday to visit with the local agents and law enforcement folks, told reporters that he keeps in touch with the man he replaced, Robert S. Mueller III. “He’s been a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com TSA officers discovered a pink lipstick stun gun in a woman’s baggage at Detroit Metropolitan Airpot on Sunday after spotting something suspicious at the x-ray machine, WXYZ reports. Turned out, the woman was carrying a 5-inch stun gun disguised as a bejeweled lip stick container. The woman was cited but permitted to…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — It’s not easy making friends in one of America’s most dangerous cities. Since becoming chief of the Detroit Police Department in July, James Craig has become a thorn in the side of criminal enterprises after making five highly publicized drug sweeps and averaging 35 weekly raids. The Detroit Free Press…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying the FBI has unfairly targeted fans of a Michigan rap group as criminal gang members, attorneys for Insane Clown Posse filed suit against the bureau Wednesday, the New York Times reports. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit claims the gang designation was unwarranted and has lead to harassment…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The FBI is searching for bone fragments and other human remains at an industrial area on Detroit’s east side, WXYZ reports. Crews in HAZMAT suits searched the area Thursday and plan to resume today. WXYZ conjectured that it’s possible that human body parts were being sold but provided no evidence…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The ATF is protecting art in Detroit. Arsonists struck the world-renowned open-air exhibit – the Heidelberg Project – at least seven times since May 2, burning down entire homes that are used as installations. The ATF on Thursday announced it was offering a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — The Nigerian man known as the “Underwear Bomber,” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, hasn’t given up the fight to go free. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Cincinnati on Thursday heard arguments from his lawyer Travis Rossman, who wants his client’s guilty plea tossed. He wants him to undergo a…
