FBI Busts D.C. Guards on Charges of Smuggling Cellphones and Ipods to Inmates for Cash

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An undercover FBI employee posing as an inmate’s brother, helped bust two D.C. corrections officers and a Maryland woman on federal bribery charges for allegedly smuggling cellphones and iPods to prisoners in exchange for cash payments, the Washington Post reported. Authorities on Tuesday arrested corrections officers Thomas Ford, 35,…

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Ex-U.S. Atty/Gov. Elect Chris Christie Subpoenaed in Trial of Right Wing NJ Shock Jock

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now that the election is over, New Jersey’s Gov.-elect Christopher Christie doesn’t have to deal with this as a potential campaign issue. Nonetheless, it’s probably a situation the former New Jersey U.S. Attorney would rather not deal with at all. The Herald News reported that Christie, who stepped down as Newark’s…

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