2015
![Burglars Masquerading As DEA Agents Caught In the Act at Lexington Apartments](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dea-badge.png)
Burglars Masquerading As DEA Agents Caught In the Act at Lexington Apartments
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four burglars masquerading as DEA agents were busted in the act. WKYT.com reports that Lexington Police interrupted these burglars at an apartment complex where they had barged in early this morning, claiming to be part of a DEA sting. “Some officers responded. They ended up interrupting a burglary. As they did…
![Secret Service Agents Accused of Interrupting Active Bomb Probe While Drunk](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/secret-service.jpg)
Secret Service Agents Accused of Interrupting Active Bomb Probe While Drunk
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two high-ranking Secret Service agents accused of striking a White House security fence while being heavily intoxicated interfered with an active bomb investigation, The Washington Post reports. The agents may have even run over the suspicious package, which was dropped off by a woman about a half hour earlier. At 10:25…
![Marshall Project: Why Is the FBI So White? Bureau Could Use Diversity](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/fbi-logo-large.jpg)
Marshall Project: Why Is the FBI So White? Bureau Could Use Diversity
By Simone Weichselbaum The Marshall Project Richard Garcia, the FBI assistant director in charge of the bureau’s Los Angeles office, was unfazed to learn in 2005 that the agency had agreed to cooperate in the making of a Hollywood film based on his work managing a rogue agent who was suspected of being a Russian…
![Justice Department Blasted in Report for Handling of Sex Offenders in Protection Program](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/department-of-justice-logo.gif)
Justice Department Blasted in Report for Handling of Sex Offenders in Protection Program
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has done a poor job protecting the public from sex offenders who are enrolled in the national witness protection program, according to the department’s inspector general. The Associated Press reports that of the 10 participants who had been convicted of a sex crime, four were not required to…
![The FBI’s Wildly Successful Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List Was Hatched 60 Years Ago](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bin-laden-10-most-wanted.jpg)
The FBI’s Wildly Successful Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List Was Hatched 60 Years Ago
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the FBI’s famous and wildly successful Ten Most Wanted Fugitive program, which has helped capture hundreds of suspects since its inception. The Imperial Valley News reports that the program’s roots reach back to 1949, when a reporter for the International News Service wrote a story…
![Secret Service Agents Drove Car Into White House Barrier](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Screen-Shot-2015-03-11-at-11.05.03-PM.png)
Secret Service Agents Drove Car Into White House Barrier
By Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post WASHINGTON –– The Obama administration is investigating allegations that two senior Secret Service agents, including a top member of the president’s protective detail, drove a government car into White House security barricades after drinking at a late-night party last week, an agency official said Wednesday. Officers on duty…
![Deputy U.S. Marshal Fatally Shot in a Shootout in Baton Rouge](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/unnamed.jpg)
Deputy U.S. Marshal Fatally Shot in a Shootout in Baton Rouge
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells was shot in the neck and killed Tuesday in a gun battle in Baton Rouge, La. Wells, 27, a native of Mississippi, had been with the U.S. Marshals Service since January 2011. Authorities said that Wells was part of a team executing arrest warrants on fugitive…