5 Extradited in Plot to Smuggle N. Korean ‘Breaking Bad’ Quality Meth into U.S.

By Michael Winter USA Today Five foreigners extradited from Thailand to New York have been charged with conspiring to smuggle Breaking Bad-quality methamphetamine that was produced in North Korea, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. The suspects — two from Britain and one each from Taiwan, the Philippines and Slovakia — were arrested in September as part…

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Congressman Radel Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Charges

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court, the DEA announced. D.C. Superior Senior Judge Robert S. Tignor placed Radel on one year of probation. The DEA press release said if the probation is successfully completed, the Court could…

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AG Eric Holder to Decide Soon Whether to Charge George Zimmerman in Civil Rights Case

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  George Zimmerman may have been exonerated in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, but that may change soon. Attorney General Eric Holder is weighing whether to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman, who recently was arrested on unrelated domestic violence charges, Huffington Post reports. Holder said his office is finishing up…

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