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FBI Helping Long Island Police in Possible Serial Killer Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is assisting police in Long Island into what may end up being a serial killer case. Four female bodies have been found in recent days on a Long Island Beach. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said in a statement Wednesday that the bureau “has offered assistance in the case. This…
LA Times Editorial: Stings Can Be Legitimate Tool in Terrorism
By The Los Angeles Times Editorial Page From Abscam to the arrest of former Washington Mayor Marion Barry on drug charges, sting operations have brought accusations that the government was entrapping its targets. This perennial complaint has acquired a new sensitivity with charges that the FBI, as part of its anti-terrorism activities, is inducing Muslims…
Dallas FBI Agent Gets Probation for Hiring Illegal Aliens for Her Deli
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Dallas FBI agent was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation and ordered to pay a $18,000 fine for unlawfully employing illegal immigrants at a deli she owned in suburban Dallas, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Ann Cox, who was fired in the summer after the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed charges, …
FBI Agent Who Threatened to Kill Wife and Head of Dallas FBI Pleads Guilty
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former FBI Dallas FBI agent pleaded guilty Wednesday in a case in which he was charged with plotting to kill his estranged wife and his boss, the head of the Dallas FBI, Robert Casey Jr., the Dallas Morning News reported. Carlos Ortiz Jr., 49, pleaded to retaliating against a federal…
FBI Assists Swedish Authorities in Suicide Bombing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A seven-member FBI team has gone to Sweden to help sort out the the botched explosion over the weekend that killed a 28-year-old suicide bomber in a crowded shopping district in Stockholm, the New York Times reported. The Times reported that the FBI experts specialize in analyzing bomb fragments, and that…
15 People Extradited From Mexico
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — One of the things Colombian drug lords hated most back in the day — getting extradited to the U.S. — is now happening with the Mexican cartel members with more frequency since they took over the distribution networks in the U.S. The Justice Department on Tuesday announced that 15…
Murder Trial Underway for ex-FBI Agent in Las Vegas
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Trial is underway in Las Vegas for retired FBI agent Edward Preciado-Nuno, who is accused of murdering his son’s girlfriend in November 2008. His son had been trying to evict the girlfriend from the home. Preciado-Nuno, 63, claims he killed girlfriend Kimberly Long after she attacked him with a hammer. He…
Bernie Madoff Won’t Attend Son’s Funeral
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted swindler Bernie Madoff won’t be attending the funeral of his son Mark, who committed suicide in his Manhattan home over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported. “Mr. Madoff will not be attending the funeral out of consideration” for his family, attorney Ira Sorkin…