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Ex-Detroit Mayor Hammered Again: Indicted on Public Corruption Charges with Father and Others
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, already facing an avalanche of legal trouble, was hammered again on Wednesday when a federal grand jury in Detroit indicted him, his father, a city contractor and former aides on public corruption charges centering on government contracts and kickbacks. In announcing the 38-count indictment at a televised…
U.S. Border Patrol Agent Shot and Killed at Arizona-Mexico Border
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed Tuesday night at the Arizona-Mexico border and at least four people were in custody, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement issued Wednesday. “Last night, Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was shot and killed after he encountered several…
Ga. Man Pleads Guilty in International Online Child Porn Bulletin Board
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Georgia man pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to transporting child pornography using a secret Internet bulletin board that allowed approximately three dozen members to trade thousands of images and videos of child pornography depicting young boys in sexually explicit situations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. David Michael Fagerness, 44,…
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…
Va. Man Accused of Threatening on Facebook to Bomb D.C. Metro
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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…
Jack Abramoff Finishes Sentence; Stops Working at Baltimore Kosher Pizzeria
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who made his fair share of doe working politicians on the Hill, is finished working at a kosher Baltimore pizza joint now that he’s finished his sentence and is on supervised release, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that Abramoff, who was convicted on…
GAO Report Finds U.S. Attorneys Declined 50% of Cases in Indian Country
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A government report found that U.S. Attorney’s Offices declined 50 percent of the cases from American Indian reservations from 2005-2009, the Associated Press reported. The Government Accountability Office report found that Federal prosecutors resolved 9,000 of the 10,000 cases they got during that period. Half were declined for prosecution…