There’s not much that can be said about the ugliness of hate crimes. It’s one thing to spout ignorant, hateful words, but it’s another thing when it results in death. By David Kelly Los Angeles Times YERMO, Calif. — Hadie Mohd last saw his father as he headed out to the family’s vacated home to…
FBI Agent knocked off a dog similar to the famous Taco Bell dog By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Texas FBI agent Lovett Leslie Ledger, who fatally shot his neighbor’s 3 pound Chihuahua named Sassy with a pellet gun, remains on the job, but faces an internal administrative investigation, the San Antonio FBI office said Thursday. “His…
The FBI suggested this was the first time a murder-for-hire case began with text messaging. The woman wasn’t exactly offering the world for the murder: an above-ground swimming pool and $200 in gas money. She could have at least thrown in a couple inflatable rafts for the pool in the whole deal. By Steve Schmadeke…
The ugliest chapter in the history of the Boston FBI continued to unravel in federal court in Boston where families are suing the government for allegedly failing to stop mobster/FBI informants from killing. In Tuesday’s testimony, a disbarred attorney said he started to suspect that the FBI and Boston police were crooked. By Shelley Murphy…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – The mortgage fraud problem is growing and continues to plague the crippled real estate market. The FBI on Tuesday released the 2008 Mortgage Fraud Report which showed that mortgage fraud Suspicious Activity Reports increased 36 percent to 63,713 during fiscal year 2008, compared to 46,717 during the same period…
The Justice Department Civil Rights Division is already looking into the department. And the Los Angeles Times found last year that 5 of 11 people shot and killed by the department since 2003 were unarmed. Something needs to change there. By Ari B. Bloomekatz Los Angeles Times The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into…
Strike that off the list of reasons Sarah Palin may have resigned… By Josh Meyer Los Angeles Times A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation: a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption…
Business woman Lori Mody wore an FBI wire during the dinner to help the FBI snare a congressman. But during the pricey meal, the conversation got a little mushy. The two started talking about a favorite childrens book Velveteen Rabbit. Will the conversation make jury more sympathetic to the ex-Congressman? By Jonathan Tilove Washington bureau…
