By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Miami Police officer accused of protecting an illegal gambling operation in exchange for cash was charged Monday with two counts of extortion, the FBI announced. Jerry Sutherland, 28, also is accused of “facilitating the theft of proceeds from a gambling operations.” The investigation was handled by the FBI Miami…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Connolly, the former Boston FBI agent who helped gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and was convicted of murder, likely won’t be leaving prison anytime soon. The Miami Herald reports that the Third District Court of Appeals decided this week to hear the prosecution’s case for keeping Connoly behind bars following the…
By Carol D. Leonnig, David Nakamura and Michael Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Secret Service arrived in the Netherlands last weekend for a presidential trip, managers were already on high alert to avoid any further embarrassing incidents involving agents. The agency’s director had admonished supervisors after two counter-sniper officers suspected…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Michael B. Steinbach, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Miami office, is returning to Washington to take a top job fighting counter-terrorism, the Florida Sun Sentinel reports. The 47-year-old will be promoted to deputy assistant director in the counter-terrorism division, where he had previously worked. Steinbach, whose departure date has…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A division of the Department of Homeland Security spied and kept records on the Occupy Wall Street protests, even when they were peaceful the Huffington Post reports. More than 250 records obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the federal government was keeping close tabs on protesters. “Taken together, the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Michael Steinbach was supposed to be the temporary head of the FBI in Miami while the bureau searched for a permanent special agent in charge. But the 46-year-old who has fought violent crime and terrorism impressed Washington D.C. so much that he received the permanent job, the Miami Herald reports. “I never…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez appears to be the focus of a criminal investigation that also resulted in a raid last month against an eye doctor accused of lavishing the Democrat with gifts and young prostitutes, two bureau sources told the Daily Caller. The Caller wrote that the FBI’s inquiry has…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Michael B. Steinbach, who has been acting head of the Miami FBI since last August, becomes the permanent special agent in charge. Steinbach also served as head of the Jacksonville office while he was acting SAC for Miami. He began his career as an agent in 1995, and was first posted…
