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So Many ‘Whitey’ Bulger Books! Even He’s Writing One
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Long before James “Whitey” Bulger was captured in California in 2011, the notorious mobster was the subject of more than a dozen books. Now that he’s been convicted and headed to prison for life, many more books are in the works – “books by relatives of his victims, books by his crime…
Fundraiser for FBI Agent Karen Pabon, Who Died of Cancer
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI agents are trying to help out the family of special agent Karen Pabon, who died recently after battling cancer.. Pabon was a was assigned to the South Jersey RA on their JTTF for the past year and a half and was in the Philly office for about 5 years before…
How Authorities Tracked Down Alleged ‘Silk Road’ Founder
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities knew him as the “Dread Pirate Roberts” and the founder of the largest online marketplace for illegal drugs. His sophisticated site, called Silk Road, made it nearly impossible for authorities to trace him or the users because of an encryption network and digital currency called “bitcoin.” But FBI agents finally tracked…
Investigators Search for More Clues in Capitol Car Chase That Ended in Shooting
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This much we know: A woman with a 1-year-old girl in her black car provoked a shootout Thursday that ended her life after she triggered a chase through the heart of Washington D.C., CNN reports. The driver was Miriam Carey, a 34-year-old dental hygienist from Connecticut. But we don’t know why. Investigators…
FBI Busts Alleged Mastermind Behind Underground Marketplace for Drugs Online
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators have struggled for two years to stop an online, underground marketplace from selling more than $1 billion in cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and other illicit drugs in exchange for a virtual currency called Bitcoin, The Verge reports. But now it appears the FBI has snagged the mastermind, Ross Ulbricht, who is being…
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Suspends Classes, Education
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An enormous law enforcement center in southeast Georgia has suspended classes and sent a vast majority of its employees home because of the government shutdown, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, which is so large that it has its own ZIP code, is mostly quiet. The building…
FBI Tries to Manage During Government Shutdown, Hopes for the Best
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is worried about the impact the government shutdown will have on investigating crime. Already hammered by budget cuts and sequestration, the FBI is operating without employees deemed “non-essential,” the Washington Times reports. A month ago, the FBI Agents Association said in a report that it’s concerned about budget cuts that…
Queens Man Claims FBI Placed Him on No Fly List for Not Acting As Informant
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Queens man said the FBI put him on the no-fly list in retaliation for not acting as an informant, the New York Daily News reports. Muhammad Tanvir is accusing FBI agents of barring him from air travel because he refused to act as an informant to get intelligence on Muslim neighbors….