U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Things haven’t been dull for Barbara McQuade. Right after being sworn in as the Detroit U.S. Attorney in January 2010, she started dealing with the “Underwear Bomber” case involving Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to detonate an explosive aboard a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas…
By Alan Stamm Deadline Detroit The show in Oakland Township is over, the FBI says. Candice Williams and Mike Martindale report details for The Detroit News: After stretching into a third day, the search for the body of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday morning in a rural field in northern Oakland County. FBI…
Update: Tuesday, 4 p.m. — Mike Martindale and Candice Williams of the Detroit News report that investigators are shifting focus of the search on a different spot on the site in Oakland Township at Adams and Buell roads after a cadaver dog hit on the location. The News reports the spot isn’t part of a concrete slab…
Update: Tuesday, 8:10 a.m. — The FBI resumes digging today. Update: Monday, 6 p.m. — Detroit FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said agents would continue digging until sundown and will return Tuesday at 8 a.m. to resume activities. He declined to provide specifics beyond that.************* By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit Oakland Township, Mich –– On Monday morning, almost as…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– Here we go again. The feds were searching a property Monday in Oakland County, outside of Detroit, for the missing body of ex-Teamster leader James R. Hoffa, Robert Snell of The Detroit News reports. The property is located near Buell and Adams roads in Oakland Township, Snell…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Mobster Anthony (“Tony Z”) Zerilli, who was in prison in 1975, has made headlines this week, saying he might have been able to save his friend Jimmy Hoffa had he been on the outside. But Zerilli failed to mention during a TV interview aired Sunday that in the…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– He was son of Joseph Zerilli, Detroit’s top mobster. Anthony Joseph Zerilli, who went by the nickname “Tony Z,” followed his dad’s career path, rising to top spot in the local Mafia before heading to prison in 1974 for his hidden interest in two Las Vegas casinos. When…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit For decades now we’ve heard of endless tips about the whereabouts of Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa, who vanished in 1975: a stadium, a freeway, an incinerator. And most recently, a driveway in Roseville. Now comes the latest. WDIV aired an exclusive interview Sunday night with the Tony Zerilli, 85,…
