By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com A rogue Atlanta police narcotics officer is headed off to prison, the result of an FBI probe into police misconduct that arose from the fatal shooting of a 92-year-old woman in a 2006 botched drug raid. Sgt. Wilbert “Pete” Stalling was sentenced late last week to 18 months in prison and…
The white supremacists movement seems to be grabbing headlines as of late. A white supremacist killed a guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington a few weeks ago. Now we’ve got the arrest of Hal Turner. The movement, which has become more disorganized in recent years with the deaths of key leaders, is trying to…
If any FBI office is busy with public corruption, it’s New Orleans. The presence of FBI agents at city hall comes as the state’s infamous ex-Rep. William J. Jefferson is on trial in Alexandria, Va., on public corruption charges. By David Hammer New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — FBI agents have been in New Orleans…
Council Member Monica Conyers is not only the subject of public corruption probe involving a sludge hauling contract, but she’s also the target of other suspected payoffs including ones from a Detroit pawnshop. By Leonard M. Flemming, Paul Egan and Charlie LeDuff Detroit News DETROIT — Federal agents are investigating allegations that Councilwoman Monica Conyers…
Women in recent years have made inroads at federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI. Women agents head offices like Baltimore and San Francisco, and there’s sure to be more in the future. By Henri E. Cauvin Washington Post Staff Writer The face of the FBI is changing, and to see how, look no farther…
It’s hard to believe in 1972 the FBI had nothing better to do. Then again, this must have been a coveted assignment. By MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press MIAMI — Newly released FBI files show agents across the country and at the highest level of the agency investigated “Deep Throat” — the 1972 porn movie, not…
Update: Stanford Indicted Friday Morning (N.Y. Times) It’s been hard to stomach seeing that swindlers like R. Allen Stanford and Bernie Madoff not only lived the good life, but enjoyed the respect of so many people who admired their wealth. By MARY FLOOD and TOM FOWLER Houston Chronicle HOUSTON — Federal prosecutors are expected to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Richard C. Powers, a 19-year veteran of the FBI, and a former state prosecutor, will head up the bureau’s Houston Division Powers, who last served as assistant director of the Office of Congressional Affairs at FBI headquarters, replaces Andrew Bland, who retired, the FBI announced on Wednesday. Powers entered…
