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FBI Probe of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack Involves Environmental Clean Up Company
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ongoing investigation of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack includes an environmental cleanup that was awarded city work at rates much higher than quotes obtained from three competitors, reports the Times of Trenton, citing recently obtained records. Turns out, according to the records, the company Clean Green received the job without a…
FBI Probes Whether Domestic Terrorism Behind Fire at Mayor’s Law Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether a fire at the private law office of Vallejo Mayor Osby Davis in California was an act of domestic terrorism, reports NBC Bay Area. Vallejo Fire Chief Paige Meyer said the early Saturday morning blaze looks “very suspicious,” NBC Bay Area reported. The city called in the…
Woman Who Found Renoir Painting at Yard Sale for $7 Might Not Be So Lucky After All
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Virginia woman who hit the yard sale equivalent of the jackpot with the $7 purchase of a rare Renoir painting may have gotten more than she bargained for, the Washington Post reports. A highly publicized auction for the impressionist painting was canceled after new evidence found this week suggests the work…
Airline Passenger Accused of Saying, ‘I Will Murder All of You’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One sure way to draw the attention of authorities is to threaten to kill all of the passengers aboard a commercial jet. “I’m from Afghanistan and I will murder all of you,” Arash “Ash” Durrani, 26, is accused of saying on an Chicago-to-Orange County flight, the L.A. Times reports. Durrani is to…
Sen. Grassley Demands Answers About an Undercover FBI Agent Accused of Spending Taxpayer $$ for Prostitutes in Philippines in Gun Trafficking Sting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A controversy over allegations that a California undercover FBI agent paid for prostitutes for himself and targets of a gun trafficking sting in the Philippines seems to be picking up some steam. The latest: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Ia.) fired off a letter to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller on Wednesday demanding…
Detroit Suburban Police Probing Tip About Whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa’s Body
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly four decades after Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa went missing, the FBI continues to investigate tips that lead agents to dead ends. This time a local police department is investigating a tip that Hoffa may be buried underneath a driveway in Roseville, a suburb of Detroit, not far from where Hoffa disappeared,…
FBI Unable to Reach Benghazi to Investigate Attack on U.S. Consulate
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents are having a hard time investigating the killings of four Americans at a U.S. consulate in Libya because they can’t get clearance from the country’s leaders to enter the city of Benghazi, CNN reports. Making matters worse, the crime scene has not been secured, according to CNN, citing sources. Libya…
Kentucky Man in Custody After Rushing Obama Roadblock with Guns, Ammo
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities have arrested a Kentucky man accused of running through a roadblock with three guns and plenty of ammo during a visit from President Barack Obama in Cincinnati, WLMT News 5 reports. The Sept. 17 incident happened while Obama’s motorcade passed through northern Kentucky The ATF says Kerry T. Prater has a…