Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF’s botched sting in Milwaukee last year continues to unravel as the depth of the feds’ mistakes become better known. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported prosecutors have dropped charges against another three defendants charged in an undercover ATF sting. Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Karen Loebel said the three cases were…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Undercover ATF agents offered would-be robbers an opportunity to steal cocaine and cash from non-existent drug houses. The plan included executing the “inside man.” OTHER STORIES OF INTERST Hostage Taker Insisted FBI, Illuminati Were After Him Before Being Shot Four-Star General Investigated over Leak of Covert Cyber-attacks on Iran’s Nuclear Program Gang…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has disseminated child porn as part of a controversial, unorthodox sting in western Washington state. After seizing a child pornography service last year, Nebraska-based agents decided to continue operating the service to catch users, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reports. According to the newspaper, the bureau kept the service open for…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is investigating the high-profile blunders of the ATF in Milwaukee following embarrassing mistakes reported by the the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the newspaper reports. In letters to two members of Congress, Inspector General Michael Horowitz said the sting raised “significant management issues related to the oversight and management” of the…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT— An FBI sting netted four Highland Park police officers on charges of bribery and drug trafficking, the feds announced Friday. The cops included: Anthony Bynum, 29, of Highland Park; Price Montgomery, 38, of Highland Park; Shawn Williams, 33, of Detroit; and Craig Clayton, 55, of Highland Park. Williams and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legal battle between the defense and prosecution is heating up in an undercover FBI sting into gun trafficking in the Philippines. The battle began when deputy Federal Defender John Littrell in Los Angeles accused a a California undercover FBI agent of using taxpayer dollars to pay for prostitutes in the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Solomon Dwek, the informant behind the largest FBI sting operation in New Jersey history, was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison in an unrelated scheme, the Star-Ledger reports. Dwek was facing up to 11 years but received a sentence reduction in exchange for helping in “one of the most far-reaching, and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A controversy over allegations that a California undercover FBI agent paid for prostitutes for himself and targets of a gun trafficking sting in the Philippines seems to be picking up some steam. The latest: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Ia.) fired off a letter to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on Wednesday demanding…
