By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert Durst, the millionaire real-estate heir who was the subject of a popular TV show, was subjected to an illegal FBI search before he was arrested on murder charges, his attorney said this week. The Boston Herald reports that the FBI “rummaged” through the 71-year-old man’s hotel room without a proper…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was indicted on corruption charges Wednesday, marking the first time a sitting U.S. senator has been criminally charged since Alaska’s Ted Stevens in 2008, The Wall Street Journal reports. The 61-year-old Democrat and key opponent of President Obama’s key foreign-policy initiatives said he was “outraged”…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who stole heroin that was collected as evidence pleaded guilty Tuesday and warned of the powers of addiction. The Washington Post reports that Matthew Lowry, who worked in the Washington Field Office, apologized outside of the D.C. federal courthouse. “Today I informed the court of criminal acts…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who was killed after crashing a stolen SUV outside of the National Security Agency has a criminal history and has been identified. The Washington Post reports that the suspect was Ricky Shawatza Hall, 27. He is accused of smashing a police cruiser with a stolen Ford Escape. The Post…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent in Arizona is accused of molesting a 5-year-old girl while visiting his fiancé’s friend and her children, The Tucson News Now reports. Jeremy Tyler Cole, of Sierra Vista, was charged March 27 on one count of child molestation. Cole was arrested by Chandler Police on Friday. The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI does not believe an attack at the guarded gates of the NSA on Monday was terrorism. The bureau is investigating after two men who were allegedly dressed as women disobeyed commands at the gates of the NSA in Fort Meade, Md., crashing a stolen car into a police vehicle,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday for trying to derail a Utah investigation involving kickbacks from defense contractors. ABC News reports that Robert Lustyik Jr., 52, created a dossier of fake interviews with former FBI agents to make it appear as if he were…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Motorists are increasingly using cameras to defy Border Control questions and orders. The footage of motorists refusing to answer questions on American roads are posted on YouTube and are popular on social media. The overwhelming majority of people don’t seem to care and perhaps see cooperating as their duty in…
