2012
![Feds: Cartels Relying on Children to Smuggle Drugs](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/texas-mexico-border.jpg)
Feds: Cartels Relying on Children to Smuggle Drugs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are alarmed at what appears to be an increase in cartels recruiting children and teenagers to smuggle drugs over the U.S. border, NBC 7 in San Diego reports. Federal agents said children as young as 12 are being used as drug mules. “It shocks me and saddens me that kids…
![CBP Open Outpost Along Border in Increasingly Problematic Southwest New Mexico](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Screen-Shot-2012-11-16-at-8.44.09-AM.png)
CBP Open Outpost Along Border in Increasingly Problematic Southwest New Mexico
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new border outpost for CBP has opened in an isolated section of southwest New Mexico to combat a rise in crimes related to drug trafficking, authorities announced Thursday, the Associated Press reports. For the first time, the mountainous region of Bootheel will be patrolled around-the-clock by CBP. The idea was to…
![A Missouri Man Fooled by a Computer Virus Tipped Off Police about Child Porn on His Computer](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/iStock_000009236263XSmall.jpg)
A Missouri Man Fooled by a Computer Virus Tipped Off Police about Child Porn on His Computer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Missouri man was so spooked by an Internet scam that he tipped off police about child porn on his computer, the Springfield News-Leader reports. Police say the unnamed man, who is now under investigation, panicked when he received an alert that the FBI wanted $200 to unlock his computer to search…
![Obama: No Judgment Yet on FBI Handling of Petraeus Investigation](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/petraeus1.jpg)
Obama: No Judgment Yet on FBI Handling of Petraeus Investigation
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In his first public comments about the downfall of CIA Director David Petraeus, President Obama said he is reserving judgment on whether the FBI handled the matter properly, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama said Wednesday that he is waiting for more information before deciding whether the FBI should have told him…
![Shirtless FBI Agents Says Photo Was Sent as a Joke to Friends and a Reporter](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/fbi-logo-large.jpg)
Shirtless FBI Agents Says Photo Was Sent as a Joke to Friends and a Reporter
By Mike Carter Seattle Times staff reporter The FBI agent who initiated the investigation that led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus said Thursday a shirtless photograph of him found in the email of Tampa socialite Jill Kelley “was a tongue-in-cheek joke” sent to dozens of friends and acquaintances and was meant to…
![Justice Dept. Whacks BP: Company to Pay Record $4.5 billion Fine, and 3 People Criminally Charged](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/BP.jpg)
Justice Dept. Whacks BP: Company to Pay Record $4.5 billion Fine, and 3 People Criminally Charged
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department whacked BP Exploration and Production Inc. The company agreed to plead guilty to felony manslaughter, environmental crimes and obstruction of Congress and pay a record $4.5 billion in criminal fines and penalties for its roll in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed 11 people and caused the…
![Acting New England Crime Boss Anthony Dinunzio Off to Prison for 6 years and 6 Months](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mob.jpeg)
Acting New England Crime Boss Anthony Dinunzio Off to Prison for 6 years and 6 Months
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Anthony L. Dinunzio, the acting boss of the New England La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced Wednesday in Providence, R.I. federal court to 6 years and 6 months in prison for his role in extorting protection payments from adult entertainment businesses in Rhode Island. Dinunzio, 53, of East Boston, Mass., pleaded guilty…