Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A woman who was captured after illegally crossing the Mexico border into the U.S. has filed a federal lawsuit against a Border Patrol agent, accusing him of sexually assaulting her at least twice while she was in restraints on a hospital bed, the Associated Press reports. The agent was guarding the woman…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Justice Department have found serious problems at the bureau’s lab that raise serious questions about the guilt or innocence of several thousand people who have been convicted, the Washington Post reports. The investigation began after the Washington Post exposed flawed evidence two years involving microscopic hair matches. “I don’t…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some of the 168 children who were rescued from a sex trafficking ring last month were never reported missing, the New York Post reports. The children, as young as 11, were found in hotel rooms, truck stops and homes. But some were never reported missing, a big concern for child welfare advocates….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 10 militia groups are patrolling the Texas-Mexico border despite objection from the federal government, the San Antonio Express-News reports. The newspaper obtained more than 30 photos showing the armed militia members in camouflage, tactical gear and masks. CBP responded that it does not “endorse or support any private group or…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a county sheriff in Indiana on charges that he paid a prostitute $300 for oral sex and then urged her to hide the evidence, the Courier-Journal reports. The arrest of Sheriff Danny Rodden comes after he was indicted July 23 on charges of lying to federal agents and counseling…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hoping to transform how it operates, the FBI is trying to build a massive cloud infrastructure to store massive amounts of information for easy sharing among bureaus, the Federal Times reports. The FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Division wants to create a cloud environment for statistics, fingerprints and criminal background checks at…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com While six extradited Colombians have been arraigned and await trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on…
