Gunmen Abduct Family, Force Husband to Rob Bank
Armed gunmen abducted a Tennessee family from their home Tuesday and forced the husband to rob a bank, the FBI said.
Armed gunmen abducted a Tennessee family from their home Tuesday and forced the husband to rob a bank, the FBI said.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey knows a thing or two about being a victim of a crime. While a high school senior, Comey was held captive in his Allendale, New Jersey home by a notorious criminal known as “Ramsey rapist” in 1977. Comey made the comments on “60 Minutes” while talking about…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican national accused of shooting an off-duty Border Patrol agent during a robbery in Texas was charged with additional crimes related to more robberies Thursday, the Monitor reports. Gustavo Tijerina, 30, was charged with seven counts of aggravated armed robbery and three counts of engaging in organized criminal activity in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two illegal immigrants from Mexico have been charged in the shooting death of an off-duty Border Patrol agent while he was on vacation with his family in Texas, Fox News reports. The defendants have been arrested and deported several times in the past. They are Gustavo Tijerina, 30, and Ismael Hernandez, 40….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two men were arrested Monday in connection with the robbery and fatal shooting of an off-duty Border Patrol agent while he was on vacation with his family, Valley Morning Star reports. Agent Javier Vega Jr., who was stationed in Ricardo, Texas, was killed following a gunshot wound to the chest, and his…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Border Patrol agent vacationing with his family was shot and killed during a robbery in Texas, the Border Patrol said Sunday. “Another one of these typical robbery things,” Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence said. “People fishing, people drive by, turn around, come back, pull weapons and rob them. “In this…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of robbing banks wrote error-free demand notes that prompted the FBI to dub him the “good Grammar Bandit,” the Associated Press reports. He’s accused of robbing four banks in metro Denver in less than a week. His letters were “perfectly typed, spelled and punctuated,” the AP wrote. The suspect…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has ended its investigation of a courtroom shooting that killed suspected gang member Siale Maveni Angilau, the Desert News reports. Federal authorities determined no excessive force was used when the deputy U.S. marshall shot Angilau four times after he grabbed a pen and charged after a witness who was testifying….