By Allan Lengel For AOL News A federal jury in Chicago on Tuesday convicted ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on just one count but deadlocked on 23 others, including the allegation that he tried to sell President Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat. The former governor could face up to five years in prison on the one…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The ongoing turf battle between the FBI and ATF is getting renewed attention. ABC News reports that Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler has fired off a letter saying the ongoing Hatfield-McCoy relationship can cause confusion as to who is in charge at scenes and when trying to defuse live…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A suspected member of the violent Juarez Drug Cartel in Mexico has been extradited to the states, the DEA in El Paso said. Felipe DOMINGUEZ-Vargas was extradited on Aug. 10 and made his initial appearance on drug charges in U.S. District Court in El Paso on Monday, according to Joseph M….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Hampshire found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing involving the store which sold a gun to the suspected Craigslist killer Philip Markoff, the Boston Globe reported. Federal prosecutors had explored the possibility of filing criminal charges against the State Line Gun Shop in Mason, N.H., which…
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…
