Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge wants the FBI to conduct an internal investigation to determine whether the bureau pressured a witness not to testify in a case involving videos of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Associated Press reports. Utah lawyer Jesse Trentadue claims that the FBI threatened the benefits of a former government operative…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI agent accused of trying to derail an investigation into military fraud was jailed Tuesday pending trial after a federal judge in Utah said he violated terms of his release, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. U.S. District Court judge ordered Robert G. Lustyik Jr., 50, to jail after prosecutors provided…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.come An ATF agent accused of witness tampering was cleared of charges, WRAL reports. U.S. District Judge James Fox dismissed the witness-tampering charges Tuesday against Raleigh, N.C. ATF agent Mike Fanelly, saying prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence. Fanelly will retain his job. A grand jury had charged that he interfered with…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Bad news for ATF agent Michael Justin Fanelly. A fed grand jury in Raleigh, N.C. has indicted him on charges of witness tampering and making a false statement to a law enforcement officers, the News Observer reported. The paper reported that the grand jury charged that he interfered with two officers…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper pled guilty in a US District Court on Monday to charges of mortgage fraud, bankruptcy fraud and witness tampering, the FBI announced. Benjamin W. Richardson, 46, of Powell, Ohio, plead guilty to the eight-count indictment before US District Judge Gregory L. Frost. Richardson was…
It’s good to be vigilante as a defense attorney and protect your client. Then there’s attorneys like Robert Simels who are downright criminal about it. Simply disgraceful. Simels didn’t walk free despite being represented by one of New York’s top lawyers Gerald Shargel. By Patricia Hurtado Bloomberg Robert Simels, a New York criminal defense lawyer,…
