By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who shot his estranged wife in the chest four times at their home testified that he had no choice but to pull the trigger, Fredericksburg.com reports. An emotional Arthur Gonzalez insisted Wednesday that he was forced to protect himself when his estranged wife attacked him with a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent accused of killing his wife is expected to stand trial for the second time beginning today, the Associated Press reports. Arthur B. Gonzalez, 43, is charged in Stafford County, Va., with second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony It’s his second trial…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal methamphetamine cases against 11 people may be in limbo after a DEA investigator in Roanoke, Va., admitted he received sexual favors in exchange for bogus offers of reduced sentences, WDBJ 7 reports. Kevin Moore admitted the offenses two weeks ago, and now many of the cases have been delayed to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Matthew Lowry, the FBI agent suspected of tampering with evidence in drug cases, is accused of using heroin that was earmarked as evidence for a trial, the Washington Post reports. The accusations against Lowry are so serious that authorities are dismissing cases against convicted and accused drug dealers in Washington…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. The Boston Globe reports that the fate of Robel Phillipos is now in the hands of a jury. In closing arguments, Phillipos’ attorney said the government failed to show that he “knowingly and intentionally”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The first – and maybe only – trial of those accused of orchestrating and financing the Sept. 11 attacks has hit yet another legal snag that could delay the case for years. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 9/11 conspiracy case against five suspects at Guantanamo Bay is mired in controversy…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A tiny fraction of drug defendants in federal cases chose to go to trial instead of pleading guilty. A new report from Human Rights Watch indicates that just 3% of defendants charged with drugs choose to go to trial, the Huffington Post reports. The reason: The excessive penalties for drugs, according to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the four women and eight men tasked with deciding whether notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger was guilty of murder and racketeering, life was not easy. Sometimes the jurors shouted at each other; other times they felt disgusted with the sleazy witnesses. The trial was so stressful that some even popped aspirin…
