Border Patrol Agents Accused of Smuggling Immigrants

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trial begins next month for two former Border Patrol agents accused of smuggling people from Mexico, Fox News reported. One of the agents, Raul Villarreal, often appeared on TV to warn Mexicans of the dangers of entering the U.S. illegally. Villarreal’s older brother and fellow former agent, Fidel Villarreal also is accused…

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Feds Seek Stiff Penalty in Illegal Online Gambling Case

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors are hoping send a message about illegal online gambling by urging a judge to sentence the brother-in-law of U.S. Rep. John Tierney, D-Massachusetts, for at least four years, the Boston Herald reported. The mastermind of Antigua-based Sports Off Shore, Daniel Eremian, was found guilty in December of racketeering and conspiracy…

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Kevin Perkins Named #3 Person at FBI

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Kevin Perkins is moving up. The veteran FBI agent has been named the agency’s associate deputy director, the number three spot at FBI headquarters. He’s  replacing Thomas J. Harrington, who is retiring. In 2009, he was named assistant director of the bureau’s Criminal Investigative Division. He joined the FBI in 1986…

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