Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When federal officials began investigating claims of sexual abuse at an Alabama prison for women, they never imagined what they’d find inside. ABC News reports that the environment was so obscene and toxic that the nearly 900 woman incarcerated at Tutwiler Prison “universally fear for their safety,” the Justice Department found. How bad…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Roberto Carlos Perez’s first mistake was getting behind the wheel drunk. But his second mistake was maybe more perplexing – hitting a van with five Border Patrol agents inside and deciding to flee, the El Paso Times reports. Perez struck the van and drove off in his 1995 Chevrolet Corsica in El…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is beginning to investigate whether New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie threatened to pull the plug on Hurricane Sandy relief money if a city mayor failed to support a billion-dollar development, NBC News reports. Agents are questioning witnesses and asking them to preserve any records related to the accusations made by…
The film, which premiered recently at the Sundance Film Festival, chronicles the life of the crime boss and reflects on what would have happened if the FBI didn’t use Bulger as an informant.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida Republican discovered a quick way to get a visit from the Secret Service. The Daily Caller reports that an African American candidate for state assembly tweeted Tuesday that he believes President Obama should be arrested and hanged. But the candidate, Joshua Black, didn’t stop there. He posted this on Facebook:…
