Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
An ATF supervisor in the Seattle office has stepped down after a paid informant sexually abused and imprisoned a woman while working for the agency, The Seattle Times reports.
Special Agent Jim Contreras came under fire after The Seattle Times revealed that he hired informant Joshua Allan Jackson, who had a lengthy history of violence towards women.
ATF continues to investigate, according to an unnamed source who spoke to The Seattle Times.
Contreras contends he retired and was not forced to resign.
