New Jersey
Head of NJ FBI Not Happy With NYPD Spying on Muslims
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York Police Department’s spying on Muslims in New Jersey is not only ticking off Muslims. The FBI is none too happy. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that the NYPD activity, which as been written about in the media, is rubbing Michael Ward, head of the New Jersey FBI, the wrong…
Jersey City Councilman Arrested Over Pain Pill Prescriptions
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Vincent A. Esposito may need some painkillers to kill the pain from being arrested. The Madison, N.J., city councilman, who is also a medical doctor, was arrested Thursday for writing fraudulent pain pill prescriptions, New Jersey Today reported on Friday. DEA agents and state authorities raided his office. Vincent A. Esposito,…
NJ. Gov Christie Taps Ex-FBI Official for Homeland Security Post
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Edward Dickson, a 25-year veteran of the FBI, is the latest ex-fed to join the administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Christie, the ex-U.S. Attorney for Newark, announced Thursday that Dickson will become the state’s Director of Homeland Security and National Preparedness, the Newark Star-Ledger reported. The paper reported…
FBI: Violent MS-13 Gang Members in Custody, Facing Murder and Other Charges
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Consider the streets of Suffolk County, N.Y. that much safer: Five members of the violent street gang MS-13 were named in a indictment unsealed on Monday, the FBI announced later that day. The charges include murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, armed robberies, firearms…
Weekend Series on Crime: The Real Sopranos — The DeCavalcante Family
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NJ Feds and State Atty. Gen. Publicly Fight Over Taking Credit in Health Fraud Settlement
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not unusual for law enforcement agencies to clash behind close doors. It just happens sometimes. But it is unusual when they start to spat in a very public way the way the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office and the state Attorney General’s Office did. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that each…
FBI Report Show Mortgage Fraud on the Rise
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI report shows that mortgage fraud appears to be on the rise. The FBI said it had 3,129 pending mortgage fraud investigations in 2010, up 12 percent from 2009 and up 90 percent from 2008 when the economy tanked and the real estate market was already in dire straights. The…