By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Diego G. Rodriguez, who headed up the FBI’s Dallas office, has been named the assistant director in charge (ADIC) of the FBI’s New York Field Office. Rodriguez succeeds George Venizelos, who is retiring after 24 years in the FBI, the agency said. Rodriguez joined the FBI in 1990 at the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent came under fire Sunday morning while pulling over a car during a routine traffic stop, KFOX14 reports. The incident happened around 7:25 a.m. when the suspect opened fire on the agent as he approached the car in Hudspeth County, which borders Mexico in Texas. The agent returned…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service is investigating claims that Creed singer Scott Stapp was on a mission to assassinate President Obama on the delusional belief that he was working for the CIA, People reports. The singer’s wife told a 911 operator last month that Stapp was having a schizophrenic episode, riding shirtless on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The gender gap among Border Patrol agents is significant, even as more women are crossing the border illegally. The Los Angeles Times reports a 173% in the number of apprehended female immigrants, yet just 5% of the agency’s 21,000 agents are women. Border Patrol hopes to correct the disparity by aggressively…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three Columbian nationals who participated in the kidnapping and murder of DEA Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogota, Columbia, on June 20, 2013, were sentenced to 20 to 27 years. The defendants had previously entered guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to kidnap and aiding and abetting the murder of…
