By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — The FBI has a long, storied history of infiltrating and prosecuting the Outlaws Motorcycle Club (OMC) as an organized-crime gang, including some high-profile cases in recent years. On Jan. 31, a Baltimore man put himself squarely in the middle of one such probe in Philadelphia by allegedly…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The threat of terrorism always looms, particularly since Sept. 11, 2001. The FBI, which can take some credit for averting some potential terrorist attacks, has put together a list of of some of the top terrorist cases of 2012. The following was posted on the FBI website. Alabama men arrested on…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com George C. Venizelos, head of the FBI’s Philadelphia division, will be named assistant director in charge of the bureau’s New York field office, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, citing anonymous sources knowledgeable of the move. A New Jersey native, the 52-year-old served as interim assistant director in charge of the New York office…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent whose work helped jail dozens of Philadelphia and New Jersey politicians is retiring after 25 years with the bureau, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Agent John Roberts spent 20 years of his career in Philadelphia, where he became an expert on corruption and the politicians who turn to the dark…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Kevin Perkins is moving up. The veteran FBI agent has been named the agency’s associate deputy director, the number three spot at FBI headquarters. He’s replacing Thomas J. Harrington, who is retiring. In 2009, he was named assistant director of the bureau’s Criminal Investigative Division. He joined the FBI in 1986…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Philadelphia DEA is drumming up some cash to help the family of agent Joe Piersante, a member of the DEA Foreign-deployed Advisory Support Team (FAST) who was seriously wounded in Afghanistan while on a mission last Fall. The Philly DEA is selling t-shirts and plans a fundraising event –Beef and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The ATF’s Philadelphia Field Office is about to see some new leadership, reports PR Newswire. Sheree L. Mixell was named the Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia Field Division on Thursday. The Indiana native began her career as a special agent with ATF in 1990 and has over 23 years…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Speaking anonymously to the Washington Post, several attorneys said dozens of career antitrust lawyers at the Justice Department say they are likely to quit if the department goes ahead with plans to close four regional offices. Plans were announced earlier this month to close offices in the antitrust division in Atlanta,…
