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Feds Capture “Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean” in Puerto Rico After Decade-Long Hunt
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A man known as the Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean was captured by federal authorities Saturday in Puerto Rico following a decade-long hunt, the Associated Press reported. FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals and Puerto Rico Police captured Jose Figueroa Agosto in a working class neighborhood in San Juan, AP reported. he was…
Va. Man on No-Fly List Can Return Home from Egypt
Update: The Associated Press reported that Yahya Wehelie returned to the U.S. on Saturday. By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com WASHINGTON — A Virginia man who had been in no-fly list hell for months will now be allowed to return to the U.S., the Associated Press reported. Yahya Wehelie spent 18 months in Yemen. In May, he…
Must Have? Paper Offers Ringtones of Rod Blagojevich FBI Recordings
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As absurd as this sounds, this might be a “must have” for your cell phone. The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill., is offering ringtones on iPhones with the FBI recordings of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is on trial in Chicago on public corruption charges, USA Today reports. The paper reports the…
Couple Convicted of Trying to Extort $680,000 From Actor John Stamos
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Michigan couple was convicted Thursday of trying to extort $680,000 from actor John Stamos in a trial held in federal court in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Scott Edward Sippola 31, and Allison Lenore Coss,24, both of Marquette, Mi., were convicted following a four day jury trial,…
Fla. Man Opens Fire on Fake FBI Agents Trying to Break in Home
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Note to Fake FBI Agents: Beware of gunslingers. Earlier this week, a homeowner opened fire on two men posing as FBI agents who were trying to break into his Cooper City, Fla., home, stations WPLG reported. A third man posing as an FBI agent acted as a look out. The men…
Feds Say NY Jeweler Murdered For Disprespecting Genovese Family Mobster
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Respect comes in different forms. In the mob world, it often comes in the form of $$$. Brooklyn federal prosecutors on Wednesday said mobbed up Staten Island jeweler Louis Antonelli was murdered because he disrespected Genovese capo Anthony Antico, 74, by failing to pay him cash kickbacks for selling gems at…
Column: Did Russian Spies Fool FBI?
Jeff Stein By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON — Two longtime veterans of the intelligence wars between Russia and the West say it’s inconceivable that the spies deported to Moscow Friday didn’t detect FBI surveillance years ago. And that, they say, could explain why the FBI never produced evidence in court that the “illegals” had…
“Die Hard” Director John McTiernan Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rogue Los Angeles private detective Anthony Pellicano, who wiretapped the rich and famous, and is now in prison, is still touching the lives of some in a bad way. The latest sign of that came Monday when “Die Hard” director John McTiernan pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about paying…