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13 Somalis and 1 Yemini Pirate Indicted in Deaths of 4 Off Somali Coast
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds have indicted 13 Somalis and one Yemeni pirate in Norfolk, Va., in the tragic hijacking of a 54-foot yacht off the Somali coast that resulted in the death of four U.S. citizens last month following a five-day standoff with American authorities, the FBI said. “This is a horrific crime,…
2 NY Lawmakers Among 8 Indicted in Bribery Schemes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some of our politicians simply refuse to let us down when it comes to the negative stereotype. The FBI on Thursday announced indictments against N.Y. State Senator Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr. on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for official acts as lawmakers. The two lawmakers were…
FBI Arrests Man in MLK Day Bomb Incident in Spokane
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI on Wednesday announced the arrest of an ex-soldier with ties to White Supremacists in connection with a bomb that was placed along the parade route at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity March in Spokane, Wa., on Jan. 17. Kevin William Harpham, age 36, of Colville, Wa. was…
FBI Agent Says NY Terror Suspect Considered Himself Prisoner of War
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man accused of plotting to bomb the N.Y. subway considered himself a prisoner of war after he was arrested in New York last year, an FBI agent testified in court, according to Newsday. FBI agent Farbad Azad testified in federal court that he interviewed bombing suspect Adis Medunjanin at a…
Chicago Drunk Driver Gets Probation: FBI Agent He Hit Has Undergone 5 Surgeries
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of very sad stories, a 21-year-old Chicago man was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months of probation after pleading guilty to being under the influence of alcohol when he hit an off-duty FBI agent’s car head-on last last September in the Chicago suburb of River Grove, the Chicago Tribune…
NY Terrorist Suspect Said Something Mel Gibson-like
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com He may not be Mel Gibson, but terrorist suspect Adis Medunjanin might have done something sort of Mel Gibson-like after he was arrested last year in connection with an alleged al-Qaeda-sanctioned plot to blow up New York’s subway system. The New York Daily News reports that FBI agent Aaron Spivack testified…