By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A member of an international crew of veteran snipers pleaded guilty Tuesday to plotting to assassinate a DEA agent, the New York Post reports. Daniel “Nico” Gogel faces up to 28 years in prison for other crimes including conspiring to kill a confidential informant in Liberia and attempting to import cocaine…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The relatives of James “Whitey” Bulger’s victims spoke out Wednesday during a pre-sentencing hearing for the notorious mobster, the Boston Globe reports. But no matter what the relatives said, Bulger stood impassively with his back to them. “You won’t even turn around and look at us?” said Patrick Callahan, shaking his head…
By Sari Horwitz Washington Post WASHINGTON –– A former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a contractor for the Bureau has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing national defense information about a disrupted terrorist plot to the Associated Press, according to the Justice Department. Donald John Sachtleben, 55, of Carmel, Ind., who previously had…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Israel Keyes took the easy way out. After the serial killer accused of murdering at least 11 people committed suicide in his Anchorage jail cell in early December, the FBI compiled a list of Keyes’ likely victims, Reuters reports. Keyes was waiting trial for the murder of an Anchorage barista. The FBI…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some federal cases are too complicated for jurors. Some may be borderline illegal. And some may end up being a waste of taxpayer money. The trial against ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards was probably all of the above. A jury on Thursday acquitted him on one count and deadlocked on five others…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com All the riches in the world, and no where to go but prison. A fed jury in Houston on Tuesday convicted wealthy Texan R. Allen Stanford,61, on 13 of 14 counts that involved allegations that he ran a $7 billion fraud through an offshore bank, the Houston Chronicle reported. Family members…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The man dubbed the “underwear bomber” unleashed a surprise on Wednesday in the second day of his terrorism trial in federal court in downtown Detroit when he decided to hang it all up and plead guilty to all eight charges. The Detroit News reported that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 24,…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News A former California FBI agent who federal prosecutors say abused his position to help pro golfer Greg Norman in his 2006 divorce was sentenced Monday in an unrelated case to one year’s probation, including three months of home confinement, The Orange County Register reported. Peter Norell Jr., a veteran…
