Weekend Series on Crime: The Greatest Heist You’ve Never Heard of
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May 2, 2014
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Authorities: Minnesota Teen Planned to Kill Family, Bomb His High School and Shoot the Survivors
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Minnesota teen, who kept a notebook critiquing school shootings, planned a massacre of his own at his high school and was found with several pressure-cooker bombs, an assault rifle and other guns, the New York Daily News reports. John David LaDue, 17, planned to kill his family, bomb his school and…
Walter R. Walsh, Former FBI Agent, Olympian and Marine Corps Sniper, Died at 106
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Walter R. Walsh chased gangsters as an FBI agent in the 1930s before becoming the longest-lived Olympian. He died at 106 at his home in Arlington, Va., the Associated Press reports. Walsh also trained Marine Corps snipers. In 1934, Walsh joined the FBI and began pursuing gangsters. His efforts led to the…
Help Wanted: CBP Looks to Hire 2,000 New Officers in 18 States
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After a hiring freeze that eroded Border Patrol’s staff, CBP is looking to hire 2,000 new officers to work in air, land and sea ports in 18 states across the nation, CBS Detroit reports. The hirings are designed to improve security and reduce wait ties at border crossings. CBP plans to deploy…
Homeland Security Crackdown Nets 600+ Arrests of Suspected Gang Members
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security arrested more than 600 suspected gang members in what is being called the largest gang crackdown ever by the agency, the Associated Press reports. The operation, dubbed “Project Southbound,” involved Ice agents and local authorities in 179 cities, leading the arrest of 638 suspected gang members between March and April….