American-Arab Advocate: More Transparency Needed Over FBI Spy Planes
Our respective organizations’ constituents, Metro Detroit, and indeed the country have much at stake in the pursuit to ensure individual rights and liberties are protected.
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ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Detroit Man
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…
FBI: 2 Detroit Cops Accused of Stealing from Drug Dealers, Dispensaries
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– Two Detroit cops are accused of stealing drugs, money and property during warrantless raids and bogus arrests during a four-year crime spree that ended with their suspension and the disbandment of the city’s narcotics unit. The indictment, which was unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court, alleges that Lt. David Hansberry and…
FBI Arrests Louisville Man Accused of Threatening to Blow Up Building
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Louisville man is accused of threatening to blow up an unidentified building and has been arrested, the FBI announced. Agents arrested Robert Paul Cardwell, 30, while working with the FBI’s Detroit Division. The FBI released the following statement: SAC Howard S. Marshall announced today the arrest of Robert Paul Cardwell…
Ex-Detroit Mob Boss Tony Zerilli, Who Triggered FBI Dig for Hoffa, Is Dead at 87
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — The former acting boss of the Detroit mob, Anthony (Tony Z) Zerilli, who triggered a massive FBI dig in northern Oakland County in 2013 in search of James R. Hoffa, died several days ago of natural causes in the Ft. Lauderdale area. He was 87. Scott Burnstein, a…
Wounded Fed Judge Remains Example of Being Positive About Detroit
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — U.S. District Judge Terrence Berg could be a spokesman for having a good attitude about Detroit despite being the victim of a shooting outside his home in city’s University District earlier this month during an attempted robbery. “Overall, I have such a positive feeling about Detroit and where…
Thieves Break into Homeland Security Agents’ Cars in Detroit’s Corktown Area
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Detroit’s popular Corktown business district continues to have problems with car thefts and break-ins. The latest: Two unmarked cars belonging to federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security were broken into Wednesday night at Corktown as agents were dining at the new Batch Brewery at 1400 Porter St.,…
Federal Judge Terrence Berg Shot and Wounded in Detroit
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Berg, a former federal prosecutor and former acting U.S. Attorney, was shot and wounded Thursday night on Detroit’s northwest side. George Hunter of the Detroit News reports that it was an attempted robbery. He was shot in the leg outside his home in…