By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

The FBI is no longer vetting arrest records from states in an apparent violation of federal regulations that require the bureau to exclude from its database “nonserious” arrests and convictions, the Wall Street Journal reports. 

The database is used by the government to conduct background checks on job applicants.

Some “nonserious” crimes are, such as curfew violations and public drunkenness, are ending up in the database.

Vetting the records for crime severity “impractical,” said Jeremy Wiltz, deputy assistant director in the FBI’s Information Services Branch.

The database includes nearly 80 million people, and the FBI last year conducted 30 million criminal background checks.

By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

A Mexican man who attacked a Border Patrol agent last week near Donna, Texas, has been arrested, Valley Central reports. 

The attack allegedly occurred following a high-speed chase after a Chevrolet Tahoe nearly struck a Border Patrol vehicle in an area “notorious for undocumented aliens and narcotic crossing,” federal record show.

The high-speed chase ended with Roberto Flores-Cayetano leaping out of the Tahoe and running, officials said in a criminal complaint.

“Agent Hernandez advised Flores-Cayetano to stay on the ground and to put his hands behind his back, but he refused,” according to the criminal complaint.

A struggle ensued, and the agent used a Taser to subdue the suspect.

A passenger got away and left behind about 524 pounds of marijuana.

The passenger remains on the loose.

Theresa Stroud

By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

Parents have enough to worry about when sending their children off to school.

In Midland, Texas, a teacher and her husband were arrested over the weekend on methamphetamine-related charges, My San Antonio report.

DEA agents arrested the couple, Theresa Renee Stroud, 47, and Stacy Stroud, 52, who were being held in jail awaiting bond.

Federal officials were staking out the couple for more than a moth before making the arrest.

The good news: Officials don’t believe Theresa Stroud brought the drugs into her classroom.

“I know that when they apprehended her that she had narcotics on her,” Sheriff Gary Painter said. “She was booked into jail and they found some more during the booking process.”

Stroud resigned from Lee High School.

“MISD was made aware of the arrest of Lee High School teacher, Mrs. Theresa Stroud, over the weekend,” MISD Superintendent Ryder Warren said in the release. “I have accepted a resignation from Mrs. Stroud this morning, so she is no longer an employee of the district.”

By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

After the Sept. 11, 2011, terrorist attacks, airport lines have become longer and more unpredictable.

Recently, pressure has been placed on airport screeners to speed up the process when lines get too long.

But TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger said it should not be the job of screeners to speed up the pace. They’re focus, he said, should be on security, the Associated Press reports. 

TSA officials, not screeners, should worry about the length of the lines, he said.

“I want front-line screeners doing what they’re supposed to do, which is screening and making sure that things that shouldn’t get past the checkpoint don’t get past,” he said. “I let leaders and managers worry about things like queuing and line speed.”

By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com

A former Charlotte TSA agent and her two children are accused of brutally beating her ex-boyfriend nearly to death with a bat and propane tank, WBTV reports.

Claudine Manning and her two children have been charged with attempted first-degree murder of Kevin Jackson, who was on life support for several days after the Sept. 28 beating.

“They viciously and violently went to my son’s home, with his new girlfriend, and attacked my son,” mother Nicole Jackson told WBTV.

Claudine was a TSA agent for nine years, according to an attorney.

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