12/04/2008 -
Rogue FBI agent breaks silence at sentencing
Former FBI agent John Connolly, whose fall from celebrated mob-buster to paid gangland flunky played captivated a South Florida courtroom, broke his long silence Thursday at a sentencing hearing. He denied selling his badge to Boston's Winter Hill gang or having anthing to do with a 1982 mob hit.
Source:
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/04/connolly.case/index.html?eref=rss_crime
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12/04/2008 -
Missing Somali-Americans could be training as terrorists: FBI
The FBI is reaching out to the Somali-American community amid reports that young men are being recruited to be trained as suicide bombers in Somalia, officials said Thursday.
Source:
AFP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081204/pl_afp/usattackssomaliafbi_081204213805
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12/05/2008 -
Mass. man once framed by FBI accused in mob ring
A man who spent more than three decades in prison after being framed by the FBI for a gangland murder was arrested Thursday on illegal gaming charges.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_us/wrongful_conviction_gaming_1
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12/04/2008 -
Ex-FBI agent denies role in 1982 slaying
Despite his conviction for murder, former FBI agent John Connolly angrily insisted Thursday he is innocent of passing sensitive information to Boston mobsters that led to the 1982 slaying in Miami of a former gambling executive.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_us/new_england_mob_3
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12/04/2008 -
Rogue FBI agent breaks silence
Former FBI agent John Connolly, whose fall from celebrated mob-buster to paid gangland flunky captivated a South Florida courtroom for weeks, broke his long silence Thursday at his sentencing hearing.
Source:
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/04/connolly.case/index.html?section=cnn_latest
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12/04/2008 -
Sentence delayed for ex-FBI agent in 1982 slaying
Former FBI agent John Connolly is denying any role in a 1982 mob-related slaying as he waits for a Miami judge to decide if he will spend life in prison.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_us/new_england_mob_2
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12/05/2008 -
FBI raids governor backer's stores
FBI agents on Thursday searched two Joliet drugstores owned by a major fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich who was the focus of a state investigation into whether campaign donations were made in exchange for regulatory favors. Agents took records from the Basinger's Pharmacy stores but declined to say what they were investigating. FBI spokesman Ross Rice confirmed search warrants were ...
Source:
Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/fbi-joliet-fundraiser-blagojevich.htm
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12/05/2008 -
FBI agent accused of trying to help Pellicano
Mark T. Rossini is charged with accessing bureau computers for files that could have helped the Hollywood private eye, who was convicted of wiretapping and racketeering. A veteran FBI agent has been accused of illegally accessing computers at bureau headquarters in Washington, D.C., in what prosecutors suspect was a failed bid to help Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano defend himself ...
Source:
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fbi-pellicano5-2008dec05,0,7416003.story
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12/04/2008 -
Ex-FBI agent faces Fla. sentence for 1982 slaying
Former FBI agent John Connolly is looking at hard time in a Florida prison for the mob-related 1982 slaying of a Miami gambling executive.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_us/new_england_mob_1
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12/04/2008 -
'The Departed' Ex-FBI Agent Denies Role in Slaying
Former FBI agent John Connolly is denying any role in the 1982 slaying of a Miami gambling executive.
Source:
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,461764,00.html
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12/05/2008 -
FBI joins investigation of armored truck robbery
An armed robber threatened to kill a Brink's guard after he made a stop at a West Miami-Dade Publix on Thursday , according to the FBI.
Source:
Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/800126.html
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12/05/2008 -
FBI: Girls told agent evangelist Alamo abused them
Before evangelist Tony Alamo's arrest on federal sex charges, three girls who lived at his Arkansas compound told an FBI agent that he had sexually abused them, and one said he had threatened to have "someone take care of you" if she talked, according to a newly unsealed FBI affidavit. Two of the girls said Alamo married them, one at age 9 and the other at age 11, according to the affidavit ...
Source:
The State
http://www.thestate.com/166/story/611504.html?RSS=untracked
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12/05/2008 -
FBI seeks help finding bank robber dubbed Common Joe Bandit
Common Joe Bandit struck again, and the FBI is after him.
Source:
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flpcommonjoe1205sbdec05,0,7
435786.story?track=rss
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12/05/2008 -
FBI Raids Businesses Of Blagojevich Supporter
FBI agents searched two Joliet businesses Thursday morning, and both are owned by a man with ties to the governor. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports.
Source:
CBS 2 Chicago
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Bhatt.Blagojevich.supporter.2.880386.html
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12/04/2008 -
Ohio authorities ask FBI to probe Luxottica breach
Authorities in southwest Ohio have asked the FBI to investigate a computer breach involving thousands of personnel files at eyewear company Luxottica Group.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! Finance
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081204/oh_data_theft.html?.v=1
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