The FBI’s search of Allentown City Hall in Pennsylvania came just after an awkward moment between Mayor Ed Pawlowski and his campaign manager and best friend, Mike Fleck.
A 34-year-old man who hopped a White House fence because he wanted to pass a message to President Obama was killed Tuesday by deputy sheriff after allegedly swinging a knife at a courthouse in Pennsylvania.
By Craig R. McCoy and Angela Couloumbis Philadelphia Inquirer Staff A Montgomery County judge on Monday ordered Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane to stand trial on criminal charges after a hearing in which one of Kane’s most trusted aides testified against her, and the judge repeatedly rejected her legal arguments. Prosecutors say Kane, a Democrat…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane has found herself on the other side of the law. After state authorities began investigating her over an allegedly shady deal with a union and trip to Haiti, the FBI is making its own inquiry, The Philadelphia Inquiry reports. Kane is under investigation following allegations…
Rep. Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania and four associates were indicted by a grand jury today on racketeering conspiracy charges, accused of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes and charity and campaign funds.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who threatened on a video to kill police and FBI agents was fatally shot by police after they said they feared for their lives, the Associated Press reports. Authorities said police were planning to executive a search warrant after the video surfaced. Police spotted the man near his suburban…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Pennsylvania survivalist managed to elude capture during a massive manhunt since he was accused on Sept. 12 of killing a state trooper in an ambush. That was until Thursday, when he was captured in the Pocono Mountains, Reuters reports. The ambush killed Corporal Bryon Dickson, 38, and wounded Trooper Alex…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com So how do you capture a cop-killing survivalist who has managed to elude police in Pennsylvania for 42 days? Not many people would know more than Gregg O. McCrary, a retired criminal profiler for the FBI who spoke to the Scranton Times-Tribune in a report published Friday. “He may be in…
