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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal investigation has broken up an alleged sex slave operation involving girls as young as 14 and 15 years old in the Houston area, ABC 13 reports. Several people are in custody after agents raided Houston bars that doubled as brothels Thursday, according to feds. An indictment recently obtained by ABC…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When DEA agents raided a house in San Diego and found ecstasy pills in April 2012, they placed Daniel Chong in a DEA holding cell. What happened next cost the Justice Department $4.2 million in a lawsuit settlement that is expected to be announced today, the Associated Press reports. The 23-year-old, who…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of a Michigan militia, who were acquitted last year of trying to overthrow the federal government and murder police officers, are suing the FBI and Michigan State Police, saying feds violated their constitutional rights by raiding their homes and seizing their guns, the Detroit Free Press reports. The March 27 lawsuit…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com During a raid, DEA agents in Texas knocked the homeowner unconscious, sent his wife into an epileptic fit and seized the children at gunpoint. There’s one small problem: It was the wrong house. That’s according to a recent lawsuit filed by Guillermo and Alejandra Ramirez, which are seeking $3 million in damages…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ICE agent whose house in Vermont was raided over firearms has retired as investigators continue to study the case, the Burlington Free Press reports. Special Agent Richard Bernholz stepped down from his federal job Friday, about 13 months after ATF seized more than 155 firearms from his home in Franklin County,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ooops! Make that two Ooops! The Associated Press reported that the FBI last week used a chain saw to cut open an apartment door during a drug raid in Fitchburg, Mass., in Worcester County. Only thing is, it was the wrong apartment. Agents also pointed guns at the people inside, AP…
