By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The former head of the Miami FBI has been hired by the city to evaluate its police department on issues including morale, policy and emails written by the police chief, the Miami Herald reported. Paul Philip, 63, who led the FBI office in the 1990s, has agreed to work 20 hours…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A good old fashion “black book” prostitution scandal is brewing in U.S. District Court in downtown Detroit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Blackwell has filed papers urging the court to deny a Florida defense attorney access to tens of thousands of customers’ names on a list of a Miami escort service that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Palestinian man pleaded guilty Thursday in Miami in a plot to acquire and transport stolen military weapons in what turned out to be an FBI sting. Abdalaziz Aziz Hamayel, 23, of the West Bank, pleaded guilty to trying to buy from an undercover agent what he thought were stolen M-16s,…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Depending how you look at it, Miami federal prosecutor Sean Cronin landed in hot water when his privates went public. Or when he first plunged into a cool pool at a watering hole wearing just his boxer shorts. Whatever the case, one thing led to another on Sunday afternoon…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Cronin’s decision to take a little dip in the pool has created a major headache. The Miami Herald reports Cronin was arrested Sunday in Miami after a mother and young girl accused him of being indecent when he jumped into the pool at Finnegan’s River, a local…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com And now comes the jury deliberations. A Miami jury will begin deliberating Thursday in the trial of Tom Raffanello, the former head of the Miami DEA, who is accused of conspiracy and obstructing an SEC investigation by shredding thousands of records to protect his boss — accused swindler Allen Stanford, according…
We always hope members of law enforcement can be innovative and industrious. But not in this way. BY JENNIFER LEBOVICH AND JAY WEAVER Miami Herald MIAMI — Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers doles out cash for tipsters who turn in criminals. But one of their own — a Miami officer taking tips — used the inside information…
Bernie Madoff may have had the most infamous Ponzi scheme of all time (short of Charles Ponzi), but there are still investors out there getting bilked of their retirement savings and other funds by scammers. First, we have Ponzi schemer Donald Manning sentenced to over 5 years in prison for taking $4.5 million in cash…
