Column: Law Enforcement Needs to Take On Mental Illness If It Wants to Reduce the Chances of More Mass Shootings

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Looking at the mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years, from Tucson to Aurora, Colo. from  Columbine to Oak Creek, Wisc., two things become apparent: The gunmen all had easy access to guns and they all had severe psychological problems. I won’t address the issue of the guns….

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Ex-FBI Safe Cracking Specialist Who Misused Skills to Commit Crimes Dies at 71

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  H. Edward Tickel Jr., a notorious ex-FBI specialist and safe-cracking expert who was convicted in a jewelry theft scheme and other crimes, died without any media attention in March, Newsmax reports. Tickel was 71 and left behind a checkered past. He was accused of breaking into the FBI headquarters credit union, stealing…

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