Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com A Seattle couple busted for welfare fraud pleaded guilty Thursday. Apparently they had a lot more to lose than met the eye. Chiropractor David Silverstein, 60, was the lover of Lyudmila Shimonova, 53, but told authorities he was her landlord of the million dollar home near Pritchard Beach on Lake Washington in…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Seattle Department of Corrections worker wasn’t acting so correctly, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Corrections Officer Christian Knight is charged with providing suspected heroin and meth drug dealer Todd Hamilton, a convicted felon with connections to the Aryan Nation, “security” and intelligence on investigations, according to court documents. Hamilton was on…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Retired FBI agent Charles Mandigo has quite the resume. Over the 27-year span at the agency, he did a lot of things including head up the Seattle office, investigate the “Millenium Bomber” and drug cases, and serve a stint as congressional liaison to former FBI Director Louis Freeh. So when he endorsed an…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s one thing the FBI always needs more of: folks with foreign language skills. The agency is conducting a contract Linguist Job Fair on Friday, Nov. 4 and Sat. Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Seattle University Student Center at 901 12th Avenue, Seattle. The pay? $29…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two men who converted to Islam were arrested Wednesday and charged with plotting to kill recruits and employees at the Military Entrance Processing Station in Seattle, the U.S. Attorney’s announced Thursday. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, aka Joseph Anthony Davis, 33, of Seattle, and Walli Mujahidh, aka Frederick Domingue, Jr., 32, of Los…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The infamous “Barefoot Bandit who gained international fame by stealing boats, cars and planes, and committing some crime while barefoot — and at least on one occasion naked — is expected to plead guilty on Friday in Seattle federal court, the Associated Press reported. Colton Harris-Moore, 20, guilty plea will address…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors feel the infamous “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore who went on a crime spree that included stealing airplanes, shouldn’t make money off his wild story. In papers filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, federal prosecutors said the government should get all proceeds made from books or movies, SeattlePI.com reported….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The dedication won’t right the tragedy, but it’s still pretty nice. Friends and family gathered Saturday to dedicate a 1.3 acre park in the Queen Anne section of Seattle to assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Wales, who was murdered while he worked in his basement in Seattle 10 years ago, according to…
