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American Football Coaches Asscociation Gives FBI’s Robert Mueller Top Award
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III on Tuesday night received the Tuss McLaughry Award from the American Football Coaches Association in Nashville. The award, established in 1964, is the organization’s highest honor and is presented to distinguished Americans in recognition of outstanding service to others. “Coaches are parental figures,” Mueller said…
Justice Department: One in Four Women in Jail Have Serious Mental Health Issues
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Justice Department study has found that one in four women in jail have serious mental illnesses. The Justice Department announced the findings Wednesday in what is certain to spark more debates about access to mental health care in prison. The study also found that half of incarcerated women had received treatment for…
Miami Cops Accused of Providing Protection to Gambling Ring
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At least nine Miami police officers are the target of an FBI investigation into a scheme to protect an illegal sports-betting operation, the Miami Herald reports. The officers are accused of protecting a Liberty City gambling ring that operated out of a barber shop. The Miami Herald wrote that six of…
FBI Investigates Cyber Attacks Targeting Police Accused of Mishandling Rape Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Local police in Ohio who are accused of mishandling a rape case involving high school football players have been bombarded with cyber attacks, the Associated Press reports. Now the FBI is trying to determine who posted a death threat to the local sheriff on Facebook and an email that shut down the…
Ex-FBI Agent Tapped to Help Run North Carolina Department of Public Safety
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Agent Frank Perry was named as interim chief operating officer of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, the News and Observer reports. The News and Observer wrote that Perry gained popularity by leading the FBI’s Raleigh office in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks. Perry will replace…
Special Agent in Charge of Nevada Office Retires to Head Nonprofit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Kevin Favreau, FBI special agent in charge of the Nevada office, has retired from the bureau to take a job as head of a nonprofit youth golf leadership program, the Associated Press reports. Favreau, 51, worked with the bureau for three decades. “I am still only 51 years old, and the new…
FBI Has Highly Trained Team to Examine Digital Evidence on Computers, Cell Phones and Cameras
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In today’s world, digital evidence on computers, cameras and cell phones can make or break a case. During the fiscal year 2012, the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team of nearly 500 trained and certified special agents and others examined more than 10,000 devices, the FBI reports. How much data was recovered? According…
Bomb Technician: Accused Aurora Theater Shooter Set up Dangerous Explosive Device at Apartment
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Accused Aurora theater shooter James Holmes rigged his Colorado apartment with a frying pan, thermos, remote-control car and dangerous chemicals in hopes that it would blow up when law enforcement arrived, NBC News reports. The revelation was made Tuesday during the murder the trial for Holmes, a grad-school dropout. According to a…