Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Who Is Under FBI Investigation Gets Up to 5 Years in Prison in State Court

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is still the focus of an FBI probe into public corruption, was sentenced to serve 18 months to 5 years in prison for violating his probation in connection with his conviction for lying under oath in a police whistle blower case in state court. The Detroit…

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Ex-FBI Linguist Gets 20 Months in Prison For Leaking Info to Blogger

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An ex-FBI contract linguist with top security clearance is headed off to prison for one year and eight months for leaking classified documents  to a blogger. U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams in Greenbelt, Md. sentenced Shamai Kedem Leibowitz, aka Samuel Shamai Leibowitz, 40, of Silver Spring, Md.,  and ordered…

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FBI Report Says Major Crimes Including Murder and Rape Down in 2009

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Murders, robberies and rapes were down in the U.S. in 2009, according to the FBI’s Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released Monday. The report said violent crimes were down 5.5 percent over last year and property crimes dropped 4.9 percent. More specifically, robberies dropped 8.1 percent; murder, 7.2 percent;…

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