Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol employees already make big sacrifices for their job. But Tucson News Now reports that Border Patrol workers in Tucson, Ariz., recently donated more than $335,000 to charities as part of the Arizona Combined Federal Campaign. The charities ranged from helping children with cancer to supporting local food banks. But 30…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A mannequin with a cat on its head. Nine fedoras. A collection of porcelain cats. All belonged to convicted mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, who was sentenced to life in prison last month. The items are among a number of his possessions that are being auctioned off, The Las Vegas Guardian Express reports….
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Detroit cop Patrick Hill — part of an ATF violent crime task force — was critically wounded in a shootout with a murder suspect about four weeks ago on Detroit’s west side. On Saturday night, while he remained hospitalized in critical condition, suffering from head wounds, his fellow…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of the FBI’s New York office during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks will share his horrifying experience of being at ground zero and watching the towers fall at an event in Florida, the Palm Beach Post reports. Barry Mawn plans to also talk about the aftermath of the attack at…
This case has tentacles. By the time former Gov. Blagojevich goes to trial, the government will have a host of witnesses who have pleaded guilty and are working off some time from their sentence. Not good for the ex-Gov. BY NATASHA KORECKI Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO –– On the same day Rod Blagojevich launched a media…
