By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The man dubbed the “underwear bomber” unleashed a surprise on Wednesday in the second day of his terrorism trial in federal court in downtown Detroit when he decided to hang it all up and plead guilty to all eight charges. The Detroit News reported that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 24,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds in Detroit scored a victory in a pretrial battle against the man dubbed the “Underwear Bomber.” The Detroit Free reports that U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds ruled Thursday that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s incriminating statements he made to the FBI after the 2009 incident can be used in trial….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 57-year-old Michigan man has been hit with a three year prison term for impersonating an FBI agent, the Daily Tribune reported. The paper reported that U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds in Detroit sentenced Kevin Balfour of Warren, Mi, a Detroit suburb, earlier this month. The paper reported the man impersonated…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The infamous underwear bomber who tried blowing up a plane arriving in Detroit on Christmas day last year is due in court Monday, the Associated Press reported. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab of Nigeria is expected to appear before U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds in downtown Detroit, AP reported. She’s expected to set…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Defense attorneys were in federal court in downtown Detroit earlier this week alleging that the government engaged in misconduct and committed a number of errors to get convictions for all six Highwaymen Motorcycle Club members earlier this year, the Detroit Free press reported. The Free Press reported that defense…
