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Latin Kings National Leader Gets 60 Years
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The highest-ranking leader in the United States of the notorious street gang the Latin Kings was sentenced in Chicago to 60 years in federal prison on Wednesday, according to a statement from the FBI. Augustin Zambrano, 51, was given the statutory maximum. He was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and other charges…
More Suburbs Competing to Attract FBI Headquarters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The battle to attract the new FBI headquarters is blossoming. The Examiner reports that Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Virginia endorsed a site adjacent to the Franconia/Springfield Metro station as a potential new location. The current FBI building in D.C. on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, several blocks from the Capitol, is…
Blast Shakes Houses, Result of FBI Testing
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is apparently shaking things up a little bit in Allegany County, Md. Residents had their mid-morning coffee interrupted by the sound of a loud blast Wednesday morning, the result of a test conducted by the FBI. The blast shook some residents’ homes, reports the Cumberland Times-News. The Maryland State…
Reality TV Star’s Husband One of 15 Arrested in Detroit Fed Drug Bust
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The real life plot of reality TV star Deelishis seems more dramatic than that on television. The African-American news website NewsOne points out that Chandra Davis, the star of reality show “Flava of Love,” is married to Orlando Gordon, one of the men picked up in a major drug bust in…
Rep. Rothman: FBI Must Pool Resources to Prosecute Fourth Hate Crime Against N.J. Jews in One Month
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Rep. Steve Rothman is calling on the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office to pool its resources and solve a rash of crimes targeting New Jersey synagogues. The fourth hate crime targeting a Jewish synagogue in New Jersey over the past month occurred on Wednesday when Congregation Beth El, in Rutherford,…
Indian Hacker Group Claims Government Intercepted US-China Communications; FBI Investigates
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com So much for diplomacy. An Indian computer hacking group has got the FBI investigating its claims that India’s intelligence services intercepted communications among the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, according to ABC News. The hacking group posted documents online about a month ago alleging to be from India’s Directorate General…
Woman Bites Nose Off Victim on Indian Reservation, Sentenced to 46 Months
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Michigan woman got hit with a federal prison sentence of 3 years and 10 months for biting off the tip of a man’s nose and doing other bodily harm in an incident on the Keewenaw Bay Indian Reservation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula last April, the FBI said in a statement…
Despite Controversial FBI Investigative Tactics, Terror Convictions Remain High
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Amid questions of FBI tactics in pursuing terror suspects, one thing that doesn’t seem to be questioned is the rate of convictions, reports the Tampa Bay Times. Many critics have voiced concern in the media lately over whether the FBI is catching and preventing terrorists, or nurturing and cultivating people to…