Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI investigated the New York Knicks in the early 1980s on allegations that three of the players shaved off points “as a favor to their cocaine supplier,” Sports Illustrated reports. The revelations come from the recently released book, “Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI.” According to the book,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Bath salts, a synthetic stimulant blamed for the deaths and panic attacks of users nationwide, appeared to become a craze in Syracuse before spreading elsewhere, the Syracuse Post-Standard reports. A former candidate of the Syracuse Common Council received a shipment of the drug, which he called “molly,” a name for the pure…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents will be closer to an area that has been a hotbed for violent crime in the Hudson Valley in New York, the Associated Press reports. The agency is opening up a new $4.5 million regional office near the city of Newburgh, which has been the focus of FBI crackdowns on…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s is dedicating less and less resources to battle the New York mob these days. Mob expert Jerry Capeci of Gang Land News reports: There are fewer agents on mobster squads than there were two years ago, following the mobapalooza roundup of more than 120 defendants on Mafia Takedown Day…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are not sure how six U.S. border agents became ill after inspecting a vehicle at a crossing in northern New York, The Associated Press reports. The officer became ill Saturday morning while examining a 2002 BMW at the Champlain crossing. The officers, who were decontaminated on site, have been released from…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The New York FBI has recovered an agent’s car that was stolen in Queens. They were relieved to know no one removed from the trunk a Colt M-4 rifle, four loaded 20-round magazines and a bulletproof vest, ABC 7 reports. The 2011 Toyota Camry was stolen Tuesday, prompting fears that the high-powered…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Secret Service say it has cracked one of the largest ever international money-laundering schemes, Fox News reports. Authorities in Costa Rica, Spain and New York have arrested five people accused in a $6 billion money laundering scheme involving an online company based in Costa Rica The company, named Liberty Reserve,…
Opinion New York Daily News The FBI’s dereliction in failing to instantly notify Police Commissioner Ray Kelly that the Boston Marathon bombers planned to attack New York was irresponsible, unforgivable, terrifying and grounds for overhauling its anti-terror protocols. The bureau allowed well more than 48 hours to pass before sending word that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had…
