Three Palm Beach County men who were being watched by the FBI for at least a year have been arrested and charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent who says he was abused by police when they responded to a report that he was threatening to kill himself is suing the Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and five deputies, the Palm Beach Post reports. Luis Rodriguez, 56, said law enforcement unlawfully arrested him and used…
By Allan lengel ticklethewire.com There are mailboxes. And then there are mailboxes that belong to federal prosecutors. As for the latter, those mailboxes get special attention. The Palm Beach Post reports that the FBI, ATF and U.S. Postal Service are investigating a firework on Sunday that triggered a fire in the mailbox of an assistant…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Let’s just hope Bernie Madoff’s ego isn’t bruised knowing that people aren’t immediately snapping up his swanky properties in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla. Reuters news service reports that the government has had to lower the asking price, the result of a a soft market. “Madoff’s 4,000-square-foot duplex Manhattan penthouse, ‘perched…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Bernie Madoff story has no happy ending. In fact, at this point it has no ending. The latest twist came Sunday when philanthropist Jeffry M. Picower, 67, who is accused of earning about $7 billion from Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, was found dead in his Palm Beach mansion pool,…
The Sopranos tv series may have gone off the air, but the government says the traditional mob continues on. By DON JORDAN Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Nearly a dozen Palm Beach and Broward county residents were indicted today (Thursday) after federal prosecutors outlined their alleged roles in a organized crime ring specializing in fraud,…
