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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI opened its investigation of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick more than 8 years ago after getting a variety of tips, the leader investigator on the case told WXYZ Channel 7 reports. Channel 7 interviewed FBI Special Agent Bob Beeckman about an investigation that included some 70 agents, 1,000 witnesses and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee found himself on the wrong side of the law this week. The Murfreesboro Post reports that Rutherford County Deputy Louis R. Parra-Flores, 36, was busted following an undercover drug investigation involving cocaine. The DEA accuses Flores of attempting to deliver 7 kilograms of cocaine, the Post reported….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is mired in internal dysfunction and turf battles and is unable to stem corruption within its ranks, according to an internal study, the TheDailyBeast.com reports. The website says the agency, which has about 60,000 employees, has been unable to control its disciplinary system or a culture…
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — He was Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s good buddy, his confidante, his favorite city contractor. But Bobby Ferguson managed to turn off many in Kilpatrick’s inner circle. Contractors and city officials — including Victor Mercado, the head of the water department — complained about Ferguson. Even Kilpatrick’s sister, Ayanna, found…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors seeking an indictment of Trenton Mayor Tony Mack will present testimony Thursday to a grand jury in the corruption case, the Trenton Times reports. Witnesses are expected to appear at the federal courthouse in Trenton beginning this morning as feds build their case against the mayor, his brother and campaign…
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit DETROIT –– Observations from the federal courthouse on Lafayette Blvd.: Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is still managing to muster a smile after a week of his public corruption trial. And yes, he’s looking rather dapper, some days wearing a bow tie, others a traditional one. That being said, the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent whose work helped jail dozens of Philadelphia and New Jersey politicians is retiring after 25 years with the bureau, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Agent John Roberts spent 20 years of his career in Philadelphia, where he became an expert on corruption and the politicians who turn to the dark…
