Chicago’s New FBI Boss Brings Plenty of Experience Cracking Down on Public Corruption
Few people in the FBI have the experience cracking down on public corruption quite like Michael Anderson.
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FBI Agents Handling Civil Rights Investigation of Eric Garner’s Death Are Experienced With Such Cases
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI team handling the civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man killed by a white NYPD officer, has plenty of experience with long-term probes and public corruption cases. CNN reports that the New York-based agents are taking a “free look” into the July death…
Retired FBI Agent Charles McGinty, Who Went After Public Corruption, Died at Age of 67
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Charles McGinty, a retired FBI agent with an impressive resume, died Thursday of unknown causes, NOLA.com reports. He was 67. McGinty was supervisor of a public corruption squad in the FBI’s New Orleans office when he retired in 2004. After retiring, McGinty became a security director for Fidelity Homstead Savings Bank,…
FBI Director Comey Reaffirms Commitment to Cracking Down on Public Corruption in Maryland
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Although counterterrorism remains the FBI’s top priority, public corruption isn’t far behind, FBI Director James Comey said during a visit with local law enforcement in Baltimore. WBALTV.com reports that Comey addressed concerns among officials that public corruption remains a problem. “Public corruption has long been one of the FBI’s top priorities, one…
FBI Agent Who Cracked Down on Public Corruption to Join North Carolina Board of Elections
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Agent Charles W. Stuber Jr. knows a thing or two about public corruption, from going after U.S. Sen. John Edwards to helping secure convictions against a range of state political figures. Now the 54-year-old, who has worked for the FBI since 1985, is retiring this month and will take his investigative…
Letter by Jail Inmate Prompted Wide-Sweeping Investigation of L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputies
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What turned into the largest mass arrests of L.A. County sheriff’s officials in decades began with a single letter from a jail inmate, the Los Angeles Times reports. FBI Agent Leah Marx testified that the probe began in June 2010 when a county jail inmate detailed a pattern of violence by deputies….
FBI Director Comey Delivers Good News – More Staff, Training, Resources in Beefed-up 2014 Budget
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey sought to assure agents and local law enforcement that the bureau plans to increase staff, training and resources in what will be a much less frugal 2014. The Times-Picayune reports that Comey, during his visit to the bureau’s New Orleans Field Office on Thursday, said the beefed-up budget…
Another Former Detroit Public Official Is Accused of Stealing Millions from Taxpayers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In the latest raid against public corruption in Detroit, the FBI descended on the home and business of a former Detroit Public Schools official, WXYZ reports. The FBI said Carolyn Darden was the district’s director of grants when she helped herself to millions of tax dollars. A federal affidavit accuses her and…