Joint Task Force Nabs 7 Detroit Building Inspectors in Alleged Bribery Scandal

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After high-profile corruption cases against Detroit officials, including ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a joint task force that includes the FBI announced charges Thursday against seven building inspectors accused of accepting bribes for phony inspections, the Detroit News reports. The charges stem from an FBI probe dating as far back as 2007. According to…

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Families of Victims Await Justice As ‘White’ Bulger Trial Enters 5th Day of Deliberations

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As jurors begin their fifth day of deliberations in the racketeering and murder trial reputed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger today, relatives of victims are hoping for some closure and justice, the USA Today reports. Theresa Barrett Bond, however, may never get that closure because she has lost trust in the law…

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‘Whitey’ Bulger Henchman: Feds Allowed Mob Boss to Continue Breaking Law

  Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Corrupt FBI agent John Connolly urged the feds against prosecuting him and James “Whitey” Bulger so they could continue delivering information about rival gangs, a former henchman for the accused mob boss testified Wednesday, The Boston Globe reports. Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi testified that Connolly helped them avoid indictments at a…

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FBI Investigating Whether Sen. Menendez Was Set Up in Corruption, Prostitution Case

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents are trying to locate people who have accused Sen. Robert Menendez of corruption and patronizing prostitutes in what investigators believe may have been a set up to embarrass the Democrat as he ran for reelection last year, the Washington Post reports. The investigation brought agents to the Palm Beach headquarters…

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