Oklahoma
Ex-ATF Agent Gets 21 Months
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former Oklahoma ATF Agent was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Tuesday for helping Tulsa police falsify evidence against suspected drug dealers, reports KCBD. Brandon McFadden was a Lubbock, Okla. police officer before becoming and ATF agents. He pleaeded guilty to the charges last year and had been living…
Man Arrested for Planting Bomb Under Gas Pipeline in Oklahoma
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities say a man arrested Friday for planting an improvised explosive device under a gas pipeline in Oklahoma wasn’t connected to a terrorist group and was not a disgruntled worker, according to CNN. Daniel Wells Herriman, 40, was arrested Seminole County, Ok. Two employees of Enerfin Resources spotted the device…
DEA Official James Akagi Named Police Chief in Tennessee
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James T. Akagi, an assistant special agent in charge of the Oklahoma City DEA office, and a 25-year veteran of the agency, has been named the new police chief for Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge city manager Mark Watson said Akagi, 49, began his career with the DEA in 1986, and…
Stripper Loving Jurist Free After 3 Weeks in Prison; Some Think He Got Off Way Too Easy
By Allan Lengel For The Daily A 67-year-old federal judge jailed after a crime spree involving drugs, guns and a prostitute was freed Monday after serving just three weeks. Judge Jack T. Camp, Jr, a Ronald Reagan appointee, agreed to a plea deal, but many in the legal community believe Camp got off easy. The…
Atlanta Fed Judge Who Had Affair With Stripper Released From Prison Monday
UPDATE: Monday, 4:30 p.m.: The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said that Camp was released from prison this afternoon. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Judge Jack Camp Jr. of Atlanta, who created a big scandal after carrying on an affair with a stripper and getting busted for drugs in an FBI sting, is scheduled to…
Oklahoma U.S. Atty. John Richter Stepping Down
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney John Richter of Oklahoma announced Tuesday that he’s stepping down Aug. 21, the Associated Press reported. The Associated Press reported that Richter announced his resignation during an interview and said he plans to be a practitioner in residence and visiting professor at the University of Oklahoma Law School. Richter…
Book Claims Secret Service Changed Pres. Motorcade Route Because of Psychic
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service relying on a psychic? That’s the claim in a new book by Ronald Kessler “In The President’s Secret Service”. The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column by Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts reports that the Secret Service once changed a motorcade route for President George H.W. Bush in 1992…