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Ex-Acting Boss of Genovese Crime Family Charged in 2003 Murder
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York U.S. Attorney’s Office continues to hammer away at the Genovese Organized Crime Family. The office on Wednesday announced the indictment of former acting boss Arthur Nigro and made member Anthony Arillota on racketeering crimes including the 2003 murder of Adolfo Bruno, a member of the crime family who…
For Calif. FBI Agent: When a Beer is Neither Here Nor There
A Los Angeles Times report stirred up a lot of angry reader comments about an FBI agent shooting his gun at men who were trying to steal beer. The problem was: there was no beer and the real story appeared to be far more serious than reported. Here’s a detailed account. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com…
Undercover FBI Agents Bust Retired Border Patrol Agent for Selling Uniforms on Craigslist
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some times making a little extra doe on Craigslist isn’t so wise. Retired Border Patrol agent David Pietrantonio has been charged in San Diego with selling official equipment to undercover FBI agents, the Associated Press reported. He had pleaded not guilty on Wednesday. AP reports that Pietrantonio tried to sell “a…
Mistrial Declared in Detroit Public Corruption Case After One Juror Holds Out on Conviction
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The corruption case against ex-Detroit City Council aide and political consultant Sam Riddle ended in a mistrial Wednesday after one juror refused to convict, the Detroit News reported. The government said it will retry the case. “On the steps of the federal courthouse, angry jurors said the holdout refused to deliberate…
Ooops! TSA Apologizes for Making Boy Take Off Leg Braces at Airport Checkpoint
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Transportation Security Administration has apologized to a boy who was forced to take off his leg braces at the at Philadelphia International Airport, the Associated Press reported. A Philadelphia Inquirer columnist wrote that Camden, N.J., police officer Bob Thomas said the incident happened in March when he and his wife…
TSA to Have Roving Explosive Testers at Airports
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration is taking airport security up a notch. USA Today reports that airport screeners in a few weeks will begin randomly going up to people at airport security checkpoint lines or at gates and taking chemical swabs from passengers and their bags to check for explosives….
Nail Biting Continues in Detroit: Deliberations Enter 6th Day for Ex-Council Aide to Cong. John Conyer’s Crooked Wife
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The nail biting continues in Detroit where a federal jury on Wednesday is set to enter its sixth day of deliberations in the trial of Sam Riddle, an outspoken former city council aide accused of shaking down business people along with his ex-boss, Council member Monica Conyers, wife of Congressman John…