The drug trade has long provided dangerous employment and riches for Americans teens seeking the good life. We hear so often of that arrangement in urban areas. Now it’s happening with American teens and Mexican drug cartels. By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. New York Times LAREDO, Tex. — When he was finally caught, Rosalio Reta…
By Rachel Leven ticklethewire.com ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The federal judge in the public corruption trial of ex-Rep. William J. Jefferson chided the government Monday, saying it needed to do a better job focusing its case. “You, the government, need to focus sharply this case,” said U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III. Ellis also criticized the…
Council Member Monica Conyers is not only the subject of public corruption probe involving a sludge hauling contract, but she’s also the target of other suspected payoffs including ones from a Detroit pawnshop. By Leonard M. Flemming, Paul Egan and Charlie LeDuff Detroit News DETROIT — Federal agents are investigating allegations that Councilwoman Monica Conyers…
John Gotti Jr./youtube There’s still a big public fascination with the Gotti family. But the judge isn’t so fascinated to the point that he’s willing to move forward without more evidence on the table. By Thomas Zambito New York Daily News NEW YORK –A Manhattan judge is giving John A. (Junior) Gotti’s prosecutors a week…
The second week of trial begins in the Jefferson trial. Jefferson is claiming that his business dealings were private. So far, the prosecution has presented some pretty convincing evidence that Jefferson was acting in his official capacity. In any event, with 16 counts, Jefferson has an uphill battle. By Bruce Alpert New Orlean Times-Picayune ALEXANDRIA,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of Texas disgraced the bench. For those who haven’t followed this, he pleaded guilty in February to lying about sexually abusing some female employees. He got 33 months in prison. But what is also so disgraceful and appalling is that Kent is trying to get…
Women in recent years have made inroads at federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI. Women agents head offices like Baltimore and San Francisco, and there’s sure to be more in the future. By Henri E. Cauvin Washington Post Staff Writer The face of the FBI is changing, and to see how, look no farther…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com columnist The greater majority of Americans long assumed that the criminal court system worked just fine. With criminal defendants afforded substantive Constitutional rights, many people assumed the nation’s prison held no innocent men or women. This blithe assumption was upset in recent times by the use of DNA technology in post-conviction…
