By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal investigator in charge of a prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service in 2012 has stepped down after surveillance allegedly caught him with a prostitute in Florida, the New York Daily News reports. Homeland Security investigator David Nieland resigned Aug. 9, ostensibly for health reasons. But federal officials…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a county sheriff in Indiana on charges that he paid a prostitute $300 for oral sex and then urged her to hide the evidence, the Courier-Journal reports. The arrest of Sheriff Danny Rodden comes after he was indicted July 23 on charges of lying to federal agents and counseling…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents rescued 16 juveniles who were forced into prostitution for the Super Bowl in the New York City area, the Associated Press reports. The children, who ranged in age from 13 to 17, were found in Newark, New York City and New Haven. At least one of the victims had spent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mob boss convicted: One of the nation’s most notorious mafia leaders, James “Whitey” Bulger, was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 13 after a Boston federal jury found him guilty of racketeering, money laundering and extortion. Bulger was a violent, cold-blooded leader of the Boston Irish mob for decades….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested more than 150 men over the past few days as part of a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution, the New York Times reports. The men are accused of forcing more than 100 teenage girls – some as young as 13 – into prostitution. The arrests are part of a…
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 DEA is refusing to answer questions about three of its agents who are still on the federal payroll despite their alleged involvement in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, the Washington Examiner reports. The accusations are serious. DEA agents are accused of paying for a prostitute for a Secret Service supervisor and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI investigation into whether Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., was given prostitutes while staying at a friend’s resort in the Dominican Republic has so far found nothing substantive, the Washington Post reports, citing two people familiar with the investigation. Menendez is accused of accepting the prostitutes and free vacations from an eye…
