Customs and Border Protection Agent at Atlanta Airport Charged With Smuggling Cash and Guns in Sting

By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent at the Atlanta airport was charged with 13 others in a large scale drug operation in which authorities seized 700,000 tabs of ecstasy, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Authorities say that agent Devon “Romey” Samuel, 45, of Stockbridge, Ga., was charged in three undercover…

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Georgia Sheriff’s Deputy Offered Protection to Undercover FBI Agents Posing as Drug Dealers

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Fulton County sheriff’s deputy in Atlanta fell for an FBI sting that has been played out before around the country targeting crooked cops. Anthony Atwater, 33, of Atlanta, pleaded guilty Wednesday to corruption and drug offenses after he provided police protection for people he thought were drug dealers, but were…

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