By Jordan G. Teicher Slate The U.S. marshals currently employ just 5,431 people nationwide, but they get a lot done: In 2013, the organization arrested more 110,000 fugitives, moved federal prisoners nearly 300,000 times, and cleared more than 134,000 warrants. Brian Finke witnessed some of that activity firsthand over the course of three years shadowing…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Operators of movie theaters are on edge after the group that hacked Sony last month purportedly theater to unleash violence at upcoming screenings of “The Interview.” But Homeland Security said Tuesday that it’s unaware of any plot to attack movie theaters, Fortune reports. The hacking group left reporters a note, warning…
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By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Without a federal requirement to disclose police killings, it’s impossible to know how many cops kill civilians in any given year. That could change under new legislation that would require all police departments to report law-enforcement killing to the Justice Department, Essence reports. Currently the FBI keeps a tally on the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal agents raided a county sheriff’s office and fire chief’s home in Indiana on Monday, the Indy Star reports. Agents conducted the raids at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and the home of a Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department. It’s believed the raids are connected, but the FBI declined to discuss…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 38-year-old Customs and Border Protection Officer is accused of helping drug smugglers cross into the U.S., Fox News reports. Jose Luis Zavala, who works in Brownsville, Texas, was arrested on charges of drug smuggling and corruption. He was arrested Dec. 12 and placed on administrative leave. An initial story incorrectly…
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…
