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Millie Parsons, Longest Serving Employee in FBI History, Dies at Age 99
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mildred C. Parsons, the longest working FBI employee, who retired in 2002, died on Sunday. She was 99. In June 2002, I was working at the Washington Post and I had the opportunity to interview Mildred Parsons, a sweet woman who worked as an FBI secretary in Washington for 62 years,…
Police: Black Louisiana Woman Lied About Racists Lighting Her on Fire
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 20-year-old Louisiana woman who claimed she was set on fire by racists who scrawled KKK and a racial slur on her car made up the incident, state police said Tuesday, the New York Daily News reports. Police said forensic evidence shows Sharmeka Moffitt set herself on fire on Sunday and invented…
Philly FBI Boss George C. Venizoles to Take Over New York Office
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com George C. Venizelos, head of the FBI’s Philadelphia division, will be named assistant director in charge of the bureau’s New York field office, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, citing anonymous sources knowledgeable of the move. A New Jersey native, the 52-year-old served as interim assistant director in charge of the New York office…
Ex-Border Patrol Officer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Mexican Woman
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former U.S. Border Patrol officer was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday after admitting he sexually assaulted a Mexican woman traveling in the U.S., the Desert Sun reports. Luis Edward Hermosillo was sentenced immediately after he pleaded guilty in Riverside County Superior Court to sexual penetration by threatening to use…
FBI Investigates Alleged Hate Crime After Black Woman Set on Fire in Louisiana Park
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating allegations of a hate crime after a 20-year-old black woman said she was set on fire by three men who scrawled KKK and a racial slur on her car in Louisiana, the Associated Press reports. More than half of Sharmeka Moffitt’s body was covered in burns – some…
Widow of Arizona Border Patrol Agent Writes Book about Coping with Loss
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The grieving wife of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent who was killed by a drunk driver in Arizona wrote a book about losing her husband, the Associated Press reports. The book, “Crazy Courage: A Young Widow’s Survival Guide,” is a guide for widows of fallen officers. “I heard myself sobbing uncontrollably, but…
Journalist Awarded Nearly $500,000 for FBI’s Failure to Turn Over Public Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Journalist and author Seth Rosenfeld spent a lot of time and money digging up FBI records since the mid-1980s, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The FBI’s refusal to turn over records turned out to be costly after a judge ruled last week that the bureau owed Rosenfeld nearly a half million dollars…
Former FBI Agent Goes on Trial in Fatal Drunken Driving Crash
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jury selection is to begin Monday in Prince George’s County, Md., in suburban D.C. for a former FBI agent accused of causing a drunken driving crash that killed an 18-year-old in February 2011, the Washington Examiner reports. Adrian N. Johnson, who was dismissed from the bureau shortly after the accident, faces nine…