The FBI is searching for more evidence in the mass shooting that killed seven people and wounded dozens of others during a Fourth of July celebration in Highland Park, Ill., on Sunday.
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT— An FBI sting netted four Highland Park police officers on charges of bribery and drug trafficking, the feds announced Friday. The cops included: Anthony Bynum, 29, of Highland Park; Price Montgomery, 38, of Highland Park; Shawn Williams, 33, of Detroit; and Craig Clayton, 55, of Highland Park. Williams and…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– Four Detroit-area police officers are facing federal charges of public corruption following an FBI probe. Details of the charges, which were unclear this morning, will be available today when the federal complaints are unsealed. The FBI declined to comment on the Highland Park Police Department case, other than to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As jury selection continues in the corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, FBI agents are investigating suburban Warren city government over a trash hauling contract, the Detroit News reports. The FBI is focusing on Deputy Public Service Director Gus Ghanam (pictured here) and the purchase of garbage trucks, according…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Thirty years ago this week, a young Chinese-American man, Vincent Chin, was bludgeoned to death by a man wielding a baseball bat, only a few steps away from a strip club where he and his friends had been celebrating his bachelor’s party. The crime and its state and federal prosecutions raise…
