By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Investigators are trying to determine if one of two wounded Detroit cops on an ATF task force was injured as a result of friendly fire in a shootout with a murder suspect last week on the city’s west side. That may not be easy. Law enforcement sources familiar…
Task Force to Uncover and Prosecute Public Corruption in Metro Detroit: MyFoxDETROIT.com
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A word to the unwise: Don’t shoot at FBI agents. Nicholas Henry, 28, Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for attempting to kill an FBI agent and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. In his plea, Henry admitted that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A California cop assigned to a DEA task force was indicted for taking a $2,500 bribe from a defense attorney, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles announced Monday. Rialto, Calif. Police Officer Aaron Scott Vigil, 41, of Highland, Calif., along with criminal defense attorney Lawrence Anthony Witsoe, 67, of Mission Viejo,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A Baltimore police detective on a DEA Task Force was charged Tuesday with fraudulently arranging for an informant to get more than $10,000 in payoffs he didn’t deserve, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. The cop is also charged with pocketing some of that money. Detective Mark J. Lunsford, 29,…
