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…
By Editorial Board Albuquerque Journal A friendly “meet and greet” with a DEA agent in Albuquerque could result in what looks a lot like highway robbery – if the agent doesn’t like what you have to say or how you say it. If you refuse to consent to a search of your luggage, well, there’s…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A veteran Boston police officer who lied to the FBI is resigning as part of a plea agreement that would prevent him from going to jail, the Boston Herald reports. David Michael Fitzgerald, 49, admitted making false statements to the FBI on April 27 while agents investigated a street-level drug dealer….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s busy Yuma Sector has a new leader. On Tuesday, Anthony Porvaznik was named the Yuma Sector chief patrol agent and was sworn in during a ceremony in which his mission was made clear: “Protect America.” “I do not expect infallibility nor perfection,” Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said during…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In just over a year, six women have vanished from a small Ohio town. Four of them have been found dead, ABC News reports. Now the FBI is coming to help the town of Chillcothe investigate the string of disappearances and murders. Most of the victims were mothers in their 20s…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chinese cyber-thieves penetrated an alarming number of FBI agents’ personnel files during several bold breaches that Newsweek reports have “potentially dangerous national security implications.” The FBI is now tasked with investigating the massive breach of federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computers and will be assisted by Homeland Security. It’s not…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The online news site Gawker won a lawsuit against the FBI to obtain evidence connected to an FBI investigation of Hulk Hogan’s sex tape. The evidence has been important to Gawker since it was sued by Hogan for posting footage of a sex tape featuring the wrestler. The FBI was investigating…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents have grown accustomed to dodging rocks and other projectiles. But bees? Action 4 reports that Border Patrol agents and other local law enforcement were stung by an untold number of bees this week. Some agents were stung dozens of times, and one was airlifted to the hospital from…
