Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Blogger Micah Morrison seeks justice in a decades old cop-killer case, and wants the FBI to reveal any hidden cards. Last weekend marked 40 years since Police Officer Phillip Cardillo was shot and killed in Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam Mosque No. 7 in Harlem, reports Micah Morrison for the NY Daily…
By Spencer S. Hsu The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials have known for years that flawed forensic work might have led to the convictions of potentially innocent people nationwide, but prosecutors failed to notify defendants or their attorneys even in many cases they knew were troubled. Officials started reviewing the cases in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A murder mystery in Alaska has set the FBI off on a hunt. Reuters reports that FBI agents are trying to determine who fatally shot two U.S. Coast Guard employees last week at a communications station on Alaska’s Kodiak Island. “No arrests have been made in connection with the shootings,” FBI…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has released a video on Eric Justin Toth, a teacher who was just placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List. Toth is accused of possessing and producing child pornography. Ronald Hosko, special agent in charge of the criminal division of the Washington Field Office, says of Toth:…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The tension between federal law enforcement and the Muslim community here continues to ebb and flow. On Friday, it was flowing. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) was scheduled on Friday in Detroit to announce that it is suing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and the…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Bob Craig, retired FBI agent and father of four, is remembered for being a stand-up agent in the field and a regular guy at home. Fellow agents applauded him for his “tremendous intellect,” and essential role in busting up the Pittsburgh Mafia when he first came to town in the late 70’s,…
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and Secret Service have jumped into a probe involving a ridiculous number of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh. The Daily mail reports that there have been 56 bomb threats since mid-February, prompting professors to start holding classes outside. The paper reports that investigators have a person of interest…
