By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A drug dealer whose wife shot and killed Pittsburgh FBI agent Sam Hicks in 2008 during an FBI raid at their home laughed when he learned the agent had been shot, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, according to a report in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. As a result of that and his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mary Beth Buchanan was quite the jet setter during her eight-year reign as U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that she spent more than half of her time as the U.S. attorney on the road, taking at least 347 trips. The total cost: $450,000. She stepped down in November….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI’s Baltimore office is now officially named after FBI Agent Sam Hicks, who was killed last year while serving an arrest warrant in the Pittsburgh area. The name change came during a ceremony held on Monday, which was attended by his wife and three-year-old son, according to media…
Bush Holdover- Pittsburgh U.S. Atty. Mary Beth Buchanan It’s hard to imagine that Pittsburgh U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan will stay on as the top prosecutor under the Obama administration. So far, she’s still there. But how long can she last? By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH – Defense lawyers and a U.S. senator are criticizing…
