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Surprise Surprise: FBI Comes Up Empty Handed in Search For Jimmy Hoffa in Suburban Detroit
By Alan Stamm Deadline Detroit The show in Oakland Township is over, the FBI says. Candice Williams and Mike Martindale report details for The Detroit News: After stretching into a third day, the search for the body of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday morning in a rural field in northern Oakland County. FBI…
As FBI Investigates Shooting Death of Chechen Man in Florida, Bureau Rarely Finds Agents at Fault
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI said it’s vigorously investigating whether an agent was justified in shooting to death a Chechen man in Orlando, Fla., over his ties with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. The New York Times reports that the FBI investigated 150 shootings by agents between 1993 and 2011 and each time the agent…
Alleged Child Molester Arrested One Day After Appearing on “Most Wanted” List
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former college professor accused of molesting children is in custody just one day after the FBI placed him on its most wanted list, CNN reports. Walter Lee Williams, who is wanted for alleged sexual exploitation of children, was arrested in Mexico on Tuesday. Williams was the 500th suspect to be placed…
‘Whitey’ Bulger Accomplice And Hit Man Describes Murders in Alarming Detail at Trial
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Martorano, a star witness in the prosecutor’s murder and racketeering case against mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, described chilling details of killing people, sometimes the wrong ones, The Boston Globe reports. Martorano, a friend-turned-foe of Bulger’s, implicated the mob boss in six slayings in the 1970s on Wednesday and is…
As FBI Digs For Hoffa, Ex-Mobster Zerilli Tries To Sell Autographed Photos
Update: Tuesday, 4 p.m. — Mike Martindale and Candice Williams of the Detroit News report that investigators are shifting focus of the search on a different spot on the site in Oakland Township at Adams and Buell roads after a cadaver dog hit on the location. The News reports the spot isn’t part of a concrete slab…
Report: At least 27 Accused Terrorists Prosecuted Under Secret Surveillance Law
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least 27 accused terrorists were prosecuted since 2007 using evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Reuters reports. The FISA cases vary from murder to an 18-year-old American trying to join an al-Qaeda-linked group in Syria. As early as today, the U.S. government plans to disclose how many terrorist attacks…
FBI Adds Accused Child Rapist, Murderer to ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A child rapist and an alleged killer are the most recent additions to the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list, NBC News reports. They are the 499th and 500th fugitives to be added to a list that has included Osama bin Laden, Ted Bundy, Whitey Bulger and James Early Ray. “These individuals…
Star Government Witness Describes Murders He Says He Committed for ‘Whitey’ Bulger
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An aging mobster and star government witness testified Tuesday that his heart was broken after learning that mob boss and friend James “Whitey” Bulger was an FBI informant, CNN reports. “It broke my heart. It broke all loyalties,” said John Martorano, an alleged hit man who described the people he said…