Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is experiencing a sharp increase in apprehensions at the New Mexico border, the Albuquerque Journal reports. The Border Patrol took into custody nearly 8,000 people for illegally crossing the border in fiscal 2013 – compared to about 5,700 in fiscal 2012. Although the New Mexico numbers were on the rise, Texas…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man convinced that the FBI had implanted a tracking device into his head threatened to detonate an explosive burrito at the bureau’s Albuquerque field office, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Brian DeMarco, 50, called up the FBI from his Super 8 motel room to warn that he planned to blow up a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department is launching an investigation of the Albuquerque Police Department following more than two dozen shootings, the New York Times reports. The probe is to determine whether police used excessive force, including unreasonable deadly force, against suspects. “We will peel the onion to its core, and we will leave no…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert Anderson, Jr., is moving up. Anderson, who has been the deputy assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division at FBI headquarters has been promoted to assistant director of the division. Anderson joined the FBI in 1995 and was assigned to the Washington Field Office, where he investigated narcotics and violent crimes….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former official for Immigration Customs Enforcement was hired to train the Albuquerque Police Department to rely more on cooperation and less on force, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Joe Wolf, 56, who oversaw training for ICE, will serve as the new training director for the Albuquerque Police Department agency. The idea, Wolf…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The bottom line is Erika Bonilla, a professional singer and former FBI employee in New Mexico,says don’t hate her cause she’s beautiful. The 38-year-old has filed a lawsuit against the FBI and Justice Department, alleging she was harassed by her co-workers because they were “jealous of her appearance and Latin singing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is in for some nail biting. The Albuquerque Journal reports that a fed grand jury in Albuquerque is looking into possible financial irregularities in Richardson’s failed presidential campaign. The paper reported that a number of witnesses have been granted immunity. The paper reported that the feds…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Seeking the public’s help, the FBI in Albuquerque has released hundreds of images of items collected during the investigation of suspected serial killer David Parker Ray. Ray died in 2002 while serving more than 223-years in a state prison in connection with the kidnapping of two women who said he sexually…
