By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and ATF are helping local authorities investigate a string of recent suspicious fires at black churches in the south. The church fires broke out in four states, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Three of the four were determined to be arsons, and the other is under investigation,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Were Border Patrol agents profiling Hispanics in Ohio? Two groups have filed a discrimination suit against the Border Patrol in Ohio, claiming agents have been targeting and detaining Hispanics along Lake Erie. Testimony in the case wrapped up in federal court in Toledo last week. Border Patrol officials denied wrongdoing and…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol tactical team shot and killed one of two murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York following a massive three-week manhunt, CNN reports. Richard Matt was killed Friday in Malone, N.Y. On Sunday, a New York State trooper shot and wounded the second fugitive, David…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities have warned of the potential for a terrorist attack targeting the Fourth of July holiday in the U.S. The bulletins prepared by Homeland Security and the FBI urged local law enforcement to be alert because of ongoing threats posed by ISIS and other homegrown terrorists, the USA Today reports….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents who are investigating a possible serial killer are looking at similarities in the lives of he six women who have been found dead or have gone missing in a small Ohio town, a former agent told ABC News. ABC discovered that most of the women “ran in the same…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has launched an investigation into the Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman in the midst of a bribery scandal, WBNS-10 reports. The investigation involves a 2010 real estate deal. The questions by the FBI centered around the sale of the mayor’s home, where she lived with his wife and their…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector announced Thursday that he is retiring. The Monitor reports that Kevin W. Oaks spent his last day on the job Thursday following three decades with the federal agency. Oaks’ former positions included operations division chief in Washington D.C., chief patrol agent of…
