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![Border Patrol’s New Drone Radar Reveals Border Isn’t As Secure As Stated](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mexico-border-sign.jpg)
Border Patrol’s New Drone Radar Reveals Border Isn’t As Secure As Stated
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New unmanned spy aircraft that flies over remote stretches of desert shows the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t as secure as the agency has claimed, the Center for Investigative Reporting reports. Records show more than 7,000 border crossers were detected by drones, but only 410 people were apprehended. Of those, 52 led to arrests,…
![Two Border Patrol Agents Accused of Forcing Immigrants to Strip, Eat Marijuana, on Trial](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/border-patrol-3.jpg)
Two Border Patrol Agents Accused of Forcing Immigrants to Strip, Eat Marijuana, on Trial
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents accused of forcing drug smugglers to strip and eat marijuana are on trial this week on civil rights charges, the Huffington Post reports. Authorities said the border patrol agents left the four undocumented immigrants, wearing nothing but their underwear, to fend for themselves in the cold desert…
![Police: Mail Bomb Was Intercepted on Way to Controversial Arizona Sheriff](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/513px-Joe_Arpaio_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
Police: Mail Bomb Was Intercepted on Way to Controversial Arizona Sheriff
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are trying to determine who sent an Arizona sheriff explosives in the mail. CNN reports that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is known for his unusual treatment of inmates, was sent a package that turned out to be a bomb. The package never made it past the post office because…
![Gun Store That Sold Weapons Found at Scene of Newtown School Shooting Had Hundreds of Violations](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kids_guns.jpg)
Gun Store That Sold Weapons Found at Scene of Newtown School Shooting Had Hundreds of Violations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Connecticut gun store that sold two guns at the scene of the Newtown elementary school massacre had more than 500 violations of federal firearms regulations, reports the Journal News of Westchester County. Still, the ATF allowed the store to stay open without yanking the license until after the shooting, the Journal…
Nor has there been in the decades since
Mr Burns opens in the aftermath of a chain reaction disaster among America’s atomic power plants. Survivors have gathered in a remote spot in the woods. To pass the time, they collectively piece together the plot of a Simpsons episode, the season five classic Cape Feare, in which a newly paroled Sideshow Bob enacts a…
![Reagan Shooter John Hinckley Behaving Well](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/john-hinckley-abc-news.jpg)
Reagan Shooter John Hinckley Behaving Well
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been behaving well. The Associated Press reports that he’s behaved well in the past year when leaving his home, a psychiatric hospital in Washington, to visit his mother in nearby Virginia. AP reported that Secret Service agents trailed Hinckley…
![Former FBI Analyst Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Porn in Federal Court](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/child-porn.jpg)
Former FBI Analyst Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Porn in Federal Court
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI analyst accused of distributing child pornography to an undercover cop in Washington D.C. pleaded guilty Wednesday. Keith Dietterle, 28, faces 97 to 121 months and a fine of up to $250,000 after pleading guilty to possession of child porn. A task force of FBI agents and local police arrested…