September 27, 2013
Inspector General: FBI Used Drones Domestically Since 2006
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has been using drones domestically since 2006, longer than previously known, the Los Angeles Times reports. The findings come from the inspector general’s audit of drones, which found that the FBI flew unmanned planes weighing less than 55 pounds to track suspects and examine crime scenes. The FBI declined to…
Man Accused of ‘Sextorting’ Miss Teen USA, Others Is Arrested
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A California man’s decision to hack the phone of the reigning Miss Teen USA turned out to be a bad one. ABC News reports that police arrested 19-year-old Jared James Abrahams of Temecula on charges that he hacked her phone to obtained nude photos, which he threatened to reveal unless she sent…
Off-Duty Homeland Security Agent Arrested For Shooting at Car During Road Rage Incident
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Homeland Security agent is accused of shooting at a car with a 2-year-old child on it during a road-rage incident in Boca Raton, NBC Miami reports. Police disclosed the Sept. 7 arrest on Thursday, saying Angel Echevarria, 40, claimed he pulled out the gun in an attempt to shoot out…
ICE: Crackdown on Crime Makes Puerto Rico, U.S. Safer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. and Puerto Rico are safer today because of an anti-crime initiative aimed at putting more federal agents in Puerto Rico, Reuters reports. Dubbed “Operation Caribbean Resilience,” the effort started in July 2012 but increased markedly over the last three months, according to Reuters. In the past year, the operation has…