Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI’s Birmingham Division has a new special agent in charge to replace Patrick J. Maley, who retired in August to become the South Carolina Inspector General, the Birmingham News reports.
Richard D. Schwein, Jr., who most recently served as a member of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, will oversee the northern judicial district of Alabama.
During Schwein’s 24 years at the FBI, he worked on criminal and national security issues and served on the SWAT team as an assaulter and tactical medic, the Birmingham News wrote.
Schwein received the FBI Director’s Award of Excellence for Outstanding Counterterrorism Investigation in 2003.
Schwein also supervised the manhunt for serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph, who was captured.
Before joining the FBI, Schwein was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army and served in combat in the Middle East as part of a special operations force, the Birmingham News reported.
Schwein is married with twin daughters.
