By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The trial for a prominent New York lawmaker accused of lying repeatedly to the FBI began this week. Jurors heard opening statements Tuesday in the case of Sen. Thomas Libous of Binghamton, the deputy majority leader, the Associated Press reports. Libous is accused of lying to the FBI about arranging a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com During the manhunt for two escaped murderers, Border Patrol agents swooped into the woods of northern New York after hearing reports of gunshots. The agents spotted one of the escapees behind a tree. When he pointed a shotgun at them, the agents fatally shot the killer. It was the first detailed…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating an alleged drug smuggling ring that operated at the upstate New York prison where two killers escaped, the New York Post reports. “The FBI is investigating the prison for drug trafficking. Agents are re-interviewing inmates and prison workers who have already been interviewed by state investigators,” a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol tactical team shot and killed one of two murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York following a massive three-week manhunt, CNN reports. Richard Matt was killed Friday in Malone, N.Y. On Sunday, a New York State trooper shot and wounded the second fugitive, David…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A high-ranking DEA agent, who retired last month, and a telecommunications specialist for the agency were arrested on charges they flouted their duties by running a lucrative strip club in New Jersey where prostitution was captured on security video, the Associated Press reported. AP reports that court papers in New York…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The bust was so big that federal authorities are already calling it the largest seizure of heroin in New York City history. The DEA helped nab a pair of suspected Bronx drug traffickers in what turned out to be the largest seizure of heroin in the city’s history, NBC New York…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors said FBI agents did not violate the law by tracking a New York assemblyman using cell phone tower data, The Times-Union reports. Assemblyman William Scarborough had no reasonable expectation of privacy because he was using a cell tower, which prosecutors argued is essentially a business record. The Queens Democrat…
Correction: The original headline read that Robert Kobus was a former FBI agent. He is currently employed by the FBI. By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Robert Kobus blew the whistle on an FBI supervisor for allowing favorite employees to take off work during their birthday a decade ago, he found himself alone in an…
