October 3, 2014
FBI Offers $5,000 Reward in Search for High-Powered Guns Stolen from Agent’s Car
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of two high-powered weapons and body armor from an FBI agent’s car in North Carolina, WSOCTV.com reports. The shotgun and rifle were stolen from the agent’s car sometime between midnight and 8 a.m. Monday in the Hunter Oaks…
Why Would Someone Ambush, Shoot 2 Pennsylvania State Troopers? Special Agent Offers Insight
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s still anyone’s guess why someone would ambush two Pennsylvania state troopers and then shoot them with a high-caliber rifle on Sept. 12. One special agent with the FBI offered some insight into the suspect – 31-year-old Eric Matthew Frein. Frein lived with his parents and likely was unsatisfied with life, said…
Next Secret Service Director Will Face Herculean Task to Raise Morale, Improve Protection
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Whoever takes over the embattled Secret Service will face an insurmountable task. They must handle plunging morale, a tarnished reputation, budget holes and plenty of blunders that led to the resignation of Director Julia Pierson, the Wall Street Journal reports. How disgruntled are employees? A 2013 survey found that Secret Service…
Lawsuit: TSA Responsible for Spilled Urn That Contained Remains of Man’s Mother
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Cleveland man was on his way to Puerto Rico to spread his mother’s cremated remains in the Caribbean Sea. But when Shannon Thomas opened his bag, he discovered that his mom’s ashes had spilled all over the suitcase with a TSA inspection notice, the Cleveland Scene reports. In a lawsuit…