By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com They say fingerprints never lie — that is unless they’re altered. Enter Dr. Jose Elias Zaiter-Pou, 62, a Dominican doctor. Zaiter-Pou was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Boston to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to conceal illegal immigrants from detection by altering their fingerprints, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The former head of the Detroit Highwaymen Motorcycle club got hit with a 37 year prison sentence on Monday in U.S. District Court in downtown Detroit. Aref “Scarface” Nagi, 46, was convicted last year on a variety of charges, including conspiracy to violate federal racketeering laws and conspiracy to commit murder,…
By Allan Lengel tickelthewire.com The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued a statement in honor of Chief Judge John M. Roll, 63, who was shot and killed on Saturday in Tucson in a mass shooting that killed six and wounded 12 including Democratic Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The following is the statement:…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A good old fashion “black book” prostitution scandal is brewing in U.S. District Court in downtown Detroit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Blackwell has filed papers urging the court to deny a Florida defense attorney access to tens of thousands of customers’ names on a list of a Miami escort service that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former New Orleans cop Michael Hunter was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for covering up and participating in the shootings on the infamous Danziger Bridge of unarmed citizens days after Katrina hit. Two civilians died and four were wounded. In one of the more disgraceful chapters in the police…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s bad enough airline customers have to pay to check in luggage. But to have to pay and then have things stolen from the luggage. Well, former Transportation Security Administration supervisor Randy Pepper pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to stealing $20,000 in jewelry and other items from…
UPDATE: Tues, 10:55 p.m. — Jurors begin the 10th day of deliberations. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Let the nail biting continue. Jurors in the public corruption trial of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich begin deliberating Monday for the ninth day in U.S. District Court in downtown Chicago. Good chance a verdict will come by week’s end —…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Closing arguments in the public corruption trial of Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich were supposed to finish up on Monday, but those plans were derailed when Blago’s attorney got into a big tiff with the judge, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The judge threatened to hold Blago’s attorney Sam Adam Jr in contempt…
