Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents used reasonable force when they fatally shot a kidnapping and murder suspect in the Idaho wilderness last year, the Associated Press reports. Federal and local prosecutors said Wednesday that the two FBI agents should not face charges because they were justified by shooting James DiMaggio, who was suspected of kidnapping…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has released a man wrongly jailed for two weeks after he was mistook as a drug dealer, CBS Los Angeles reports. His girlfriend had been trying to tell authorities that Gerber Guzman’s identity had been stolen and he was not the man wanted for dealing drugs. But it wasn’t until…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Tampa woman who punched a Homeland Security agent in the face may find herself in prison, the Associated Press reports. Latrese Brantley, 40, faces up to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty Wednesday to assaulting a federal agent. Brantley was causing a disturbance on the April 30 flight and was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy are finding some more unwanted attention. FBI agents have launching an investigation into the April 12 confrontation between Bundy, his supporters and law enforcement, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. “I’ve said all along there has to be accountability for what took place on April 12,” Clark…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Averting an escalating diplomatic spat, Pakistan freed an FBI agent who was arrested in Pakistan after authorities said he tried to carry ammunition, knives and electronic devices onto a plane in Karachi. The Associated Press reports that Joel Cox, of the Miami Field Office, released on nearly $10,000 bail, just three days…
