FBI Case Files Michigan: Tales of a G-Man

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

The stories in FBI Case Files Michigan are good enough to have been ripped straight from the headlines—and many were!

Across the Mitten and through the Upper Peninsula, the Wolverine State has witnessed some thrilling and historic federal cases. In Detroit, FBI agents took point investigating the kidnapping (and safe return) of a GM executive's son and in a manhunt for an armed killer in the north woods near Escanaba. The Bureau was called in to discover who poisoned patients at the Ann Arbor Veterans Hospital and for a grisly double homicide solved by a persistent and determined fingerprint examiner. Michigan agents spearheaded the first ever investigation and prosecution of an internet threat, and legendary football coach Bo Schembechler inspired an epic international undercover operation targeting the illegal distribution of steroids. Local agents also helped identify the notorious Unabomber and played a hand in the bizarre fall of a Michigan militia movement founder.

Retired Special Agent Greg Stejskal recalls these stories and others from more than thirty years as a G-man in Michigan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467148900
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/21/2021
Series:	True Crime
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	1,061,090
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Greg Stejskal was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended the University of Nebraska on a football scholarship, and after obtaining his bachelor's degree, he attended the UNL College of Law, receiving his Juris Doctorate in 1974. Greg entered on duty as an FBI special agent in March 1975 and was assigned to the Detroit Division. He spent virtually his entire FBI career in Michigan. After retiring in 2006, Greg began writing columns/stories for Tickle-the-Wire, a federal law enforcement blog. Several other publications have run his stories. He also has been interviewed for documentaries, podcasts and on the University of Michigan NPR affiliate about FBI investigations. Greg continues to live in Ann Arbor with his wife, Pat, a retired kindergarten teacher. They have two adult children, Taryn and Andrew (Andy)—both graduates of the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9

Introduction 11

1 Reporting to Detroit, and Jimmy Hoffa Disappears 15

2 Somebody Is Poisoning Patients: Murders at the Ann Arbor Veterans Hospital 22

3 The Telltale Fingerprints 30

4 A Detroit Mob Photograph by the FBI Surveillance Squad Captures History 36

5 Kidnapping for Ransom: A Bad Business Model 43

6 The Double Steal: Theft of Flat Glass Technology 50

7 The Annual Talk with the Michigan Football Team About Sports Gambling 55

8 Print the Fact: How the Unabomber Was First Identified 59

9 The FBI Gets Jurisdiction to Investigate Drug Trafficking 65

10 A Tale of a GM Executive Who Got Busted Selling Test Cars 72

11 Unmasking the Joker 76

12 A Cuban Inmate Uprising, the Salvation Army and Santa's Helper 82

13 3:10 to Marquette: A Manhunt in the Northwoods of Michigan 86

14 Mark from Michigan: The Rise and Fall of a Founder of the Michigan Militia Movement 94

15 A Tale of Union Racketeering or How I Learned to Love the Hobbs Act 99

16 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 104

17 Is It OK to Shout Fire in a Crowded Chat Room?: A Michigan Case that Tested Free Speech in the Early Days of the Internet 113

18 The History of April 19: American Revolution, Waco and the Oklahoma City Bombing 119

19 The Tale of the Stolen Meteorite: Almost an X-File 126

20 The Hole-in-the-Truck Gang 131

21 A Happy Ending for Law Enforcement in a Spa Crackdown 136

22 Robin Hood in Reverse: A $1.1 Million Scam 140

23 Retirement and a Cold Murder Case in Detroit Dating Back to 1857 143

Bibliography 149

Index 151

About the Author 157