By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of a violent criminal street gang in New Jersey were arrested after federal authorities said at least one of them was plotting to murder an FBI plot, WABC reports. A state, local and federal investigation culminated in the arrests of 71 people allegedly connected to the Grape Street Crips gang….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two DEA workers are accused of secretly running a strip club in New Jersey and then lying about their ownership interests during national security background checks. The New York Times reports that the officials were David Polos, who most recently served as an assistant special agent in charge, and Glen Lover, a…
By Gerald Krovatin Star-Ledger Guest Columnist Let’s take a deep breath and put the indictment of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) in perspective. Every few years, the Public Integrity Section of the Justice Department in Washington seems to bring a case against a high-profile elected official that turns out to be a waste of time and…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was indicted on corruption charges Wednesday, marking the first time a sitting U.S. senator has been criminally charged since Alaska’s Ted Stevens in 2008, The Wall Street Journal reports. The 61-year-old Democrat and key opponent of President Obama’s key foreign-policy initiatives said he was “outraged”…
Jerry Capeci is a former New York Daily News reporter and mob expert. Gang Land News is a paid subscription site. This article is published with permission. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News A mob associate who ran the Bada Bing — the Lodi, New Jersey strip club that served as headquarters for fictional…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The revamped anti-corruption unit of the Justice Department ha an opportunity to redeem itself in the federal corruption investigation of Sen. Robert Menendez, the Los Angeles Times reports. The top leadership of the Public Integrity Section resigned after an embarrassing slip up led to the dismissal of Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens’…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Prosecutors may have a tougher time proving their case against a New Jersey police officer accused of setting a captain’s front porch ablaze because the FBI lab lost a critical hair sample collected at the scene, NJ.com reports. Edison Police Officer Michael Dotro was charged with aggravated arson and five counts…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As relations between Cuba and the U.S. continue to improve, a big question lingers: Will the first woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists List be extradited to face life in prison in America? The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Assata Shakur, who was convicted of killing a New Jersey state…
