Air National Guardsman Charged with Applying to Be Hit Man on Parody Website
A Tennessee Air National Guard service member has been charged after applying to be a hitman on a parody website, the Justice Department announced.
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Appeals Court Upholds Second-Degree Murder Conviction of Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly
Former FBI Agent John Connolly, who assisted now-imprisoned mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, was rightfully convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm even though he was 1,500 miles away from his vicim at the time of the fatal shooting by a hit man, an appeals court ruled.
ATF’s Undercover Hit Men Cause Big Problems for Would-Be Criminals
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Angry at a cheating spouse or jerk boss? While most of us would handle our issues without violence, others look for “hit men” for payback. Enter undercover ATF agents, who bust people who pay to have someone killed or injured, GQ reports. Reporter Jeanne Marie Laskas tagged along with one agent, who…
Star Government Witness Describes Murders He Says He Committed for ‘Whitey’ Bulger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An aging mobster and star government witness testified Tuesday that his heart was broken after learning that mob boss and friend James “Whitey” Bulger was an FBI informant, CNN reports. “It broke my heart. It broke all loyalties,” said John Martorano, an alleged hit man who described the people he said…
Ex-Hit Man to Testify Today Against Former Mob Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger in Murder Trial
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger will see a familiar face take the stand today in his murder and racketeering trial in Boston, Reuters reports. A former hit man plans to testify against his ex-boss and uncover grizzly details of Bulger’s reign of terror. Bulger, 83, faces a 32-count indictment stemming…
Over the Top: Ohio Woman Solicited FBI Undercover Agent to Kill a Fur Lover
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Here’s an animal rights policy even PETA wouldn’t back: a Cleveland Heights woman is being charged with soliciting a hit man to randomly kill someone wearing a fur product, reports FOX Cleveland. Meredith Marie Lowell, 27, was arrested shortly after the charges were announced on Tuesday, Special Agent with the FBI…
FBI: Convicted Terrorist Sought Hits on Witnesses
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The first rule about homegrown terrorist plots: don’t talk about homegrown terrorist plots. Or so goes the code of a North Carolina prisoner recently sentenced on terrorism charges; federal court documents now allege the man plotted to kill witnesses that testified against him, including by decapitation, reports the Associated Press. An…