By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Being the first is always worth noting. And that’s what Charles L. Gittens was — the first black Secret Service agent. He became an agent in 1956 and retired in 1979, the Associated Press reported. AP reported reported that Gittens died on July 27 in Maryland. He was 82. According to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds have busted a Roman Catholic priest in Missouri on charges of producing and possessing child pornography after he allegedly took photos of girls ages 2 to 12 on church property over a six year period, including in the choir loft. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas City charged Shawn…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Philadelphia man has been charged with threatening to shoot Sen. Joe Lieberman, NBC Connecticut reported. Authorities alleged that Dmitry Dyatlov, 23, a U.S. citizen who came from Uzbekistan in 1998, wrote on a blog: “Actually, there is , at least, one Jew, who we absolutely must shoot in the face…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Talk about sterling resumes. ATF, along with local law enforcement in the Omaha, Neb., area announced Tuesday charges against 55 defendants who have a total of 2,637 previous contacts with law enforcement, 255 arrests, 52 felony convictions and 151 misdemeanor convictions. ATF said the seven-month undercover investigation targeting violent crime in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The recent auction that sold off belongings of Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski –including his journals and sun glasses — is paying off for the victims of his evil deeds. The Los Angeles Times reports that checks totaling $225,000 from the auction were sent to four victims. A federal judge in Sacramento ordered…
By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY When Uriel Patino walked into a Glendale, Ariz., gun store last August and placed an order for 20 handguns, federal gun agents already knew the 25-year-old man as the most prolific figure in a trafficking ring that was supplying hundreds of guns to Mexico’s brutal Sinoloa drug cartel, according to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the hacking thefts of credit cards, email messages and other information from websites of rural law enforcement departments, the Associated Press reported. AP reported that the hackers collective Anonymous said Saturday it attacked 70 websites of law enforcement departments in retaliation for the arrests of some of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Pennsylvania man who bit two FBI agents earlier this year, and tried to promote terror attacks online, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Pittsburgh, the Associated Press reported. Emerson Begolly, 22, pleaded guilty to using the Internet to promote terror attacks against American military and civilian targets. He posted…
