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Autopsy: Border Patrol Agent Died from Gunshot to Head During Suspected Friendly Fire Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A long-awaited autopsy has revealed that a U.S. Border Patrol agent died of a gunshot wound to the head by what federal authorities describe as friendly fire along the Arizona-Mexico border, CNN reports. The report, released Wednesday, shows that Nicholas J. Ivie, 30, of Provo, Utah, died Oct. 2 by a “penetrating…
President Obama Sets Up Federal Partnership to Combat Homeland Security Challenges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama has assembled a feral partnership among law enforcement agencies to improve homeland security, Courthouse News Service reports. The White House Homeland Security Partnership Council and Steering Committee will include the Justice Department, State Department and Homeland Security. A total of 19 agencies will be represented, the Courthouse News Service wrote….
County Sheriff Asks FBI to Take Over Search for Victims of Serial Killers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying the FBI is more equipped to search for human remains, the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office in California is asking for federal help in the hunt for victims of the so-called Speed Freak Killers, the Stockton Record reports. Sheriff Steve Moore said Tuesday his office is inviting the FBI to take over…
Opinion: High-Traffic Texas Border Secured with Deer Cameras
By Kelly Holt The New American Texas has a problem. It is incumbent on the Lone Star State, along with New Mexico, Arizona, and California, to secure the nation’s southern border when federal resources fail. Of these states, Texas has the lion’s share — over 1,200 of the border’s total of nearly 2,000 miles. It…
FBI: Couple Accused of Trying to Steal Technology Secrets from GM Shredded Documents
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former General Motors engineer and her husband, both accused of trying to steal secrets from the domestic automaker and pass them on to a Chinese competitor, threw out bags of shredded documents at a suburb in Detroit, FBI agents said Tuesday, Reuters reports. Trial in U.S. District Court in Detroit began…
New Special Agent in Charge Named to FBI’s Birmingham Division
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…
Attorney: Four Men Who Intended to Blow Up Synagogues Were Entrapped By Undercover FBI Sting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four men imprisoned for plotting to blow up two synagogues in Riverdale, N.Y. were entrapped by a paid FBI informant posing as an Islamic extremist, their attorneys told an appeals court Monday, the New York Daily News reports. The attorneys of the men – James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payan…
Memorial Set for Border Patrol Agent Who Died on Duty
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Funeral services are set today for a 44-year-old U.S. Border Patrol agent who died while on duty in west Texas, the agency said this morning. David Delaney died while installing a camera at Big Bend National Park. Foul play is not suspected. Authorities are awaiting results from an autopsy to determine exact…