By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Recognizing the ever-disturbing problem of domestic violence on U.S. tribal lands, U.S. Mexico U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales plans to announce the hiring of a prosecutor to specifically address the problem, the Associated Press reported. AP said the move is part of a pilot program by the Office of Violence Against Woman…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Mississippi U.S. Attorney H.M. Ray, whose 20- year reign included the 1960s civil rights era, and who served under five presidents, died at age 86, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported. Ray was appointed by President Kennedy to the Jackson, Miss. office, and resigned right after Ronald Reagan became president in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s never a good idea. Daniel F. Cleary, 48, of Weston, Fla. knows that now. Clearly pleaded guilty last Friday in federal court in Southern Florida to impersonating an FBI agent, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities said it all began on Jan. 13 of this year when Broward Sheriff’s Office…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is going after another major police department. Nearly a year after it announced plans to look into questionable practices of the New Orleans Police Department, Justice officials on Monday said they were setting their sites on the Newark Police force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Perez and U.S….
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. Sixteen of those years were in the drug unit. He is the author of the book “Carving Out the Rule of Law: The History of the United…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Mexican man has been indicted in the murder last Dec. 14 of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Southern Arizona. Terry was killed during a firefight. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, of El Fuerte, Mexico, and his co-defendants, who are fugitives, were charged in a 14-count indictment that was unsealed Friday, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com After endless debate, the Portland City Council in Oregon voted unanimously Thursday for its police department to rejoin the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force — sort of. The city quit the JTTF in 2005, citing concerns that the FBI was violating civil rights. It was also concerned its officers might snoop…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The mayor of Portland, Ore., wants his police officers to rejoin the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force — sort of. He’s offering up conditions some like. Others see them as being far too restrictive. As you recall, the city pulled its cops out of the JTTF in 2005, citing concerns about…
