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Officers Cleared in Shooting Death of ATF Agent John Capano
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired police lieutenant who shot and killed an ATF agent at a pharmacy on New Year’s Eve will not be charged because the force was justified, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office announced, reports the Associated Press. ATF agent John Capano, 51, was buying medicine for his cancer-stricken when he intervened…
FBI Names New Special Agent in Charge of Kansas City Division
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director Robert Mueller named a new special agent in charge of the FBI’s Kansas City Division, the Kansas City Star reports. Michael Kaste, who has worked with the FBI since 1988, is replacing Brian Truchon, who is now assigned to the bureau’s information technology engineering division. Most recently chief of the…
Ohio Man Fatally Shot by FBI Was Registered Sex Offender
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Ohio man who was fatally shot by an FBI agent during a raid on his home on June 28 was a registered sex offender, the Dayton Daily News reports. Fallacy Myers, 43, was convicted of indecent solicitation of a child in 1995 in Kansas, and was a registered sex offender until…
First Two Female FBI Agents Faced Challenges
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Women were not allowed to become FBI agents until weeks after longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died, the FBI reports in a series about female special agents. The bureau changed its policy, in part because of new equal-rights laws. The first women of the modern era to become special agents were…
Paterno Family Skeptical of Louie Freeh’s Findings in Sex Scandal
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joe Paterno’s family pledged Monday to launch its own investigation into the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, saying ex-FBI Director Louie Freeh, who headed up the investigation, got it wrong, the Associated Press reports. “Our interest has been and remains the uncovering of the truth,” the family said in a statement….
April Brooks First Woman to Head FBI’s New York Criminal Division
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com April Brooks will become the first woman to head the criminal division of the FBI’s New York office, Business Week reports. FBI DIrector Robert Mueller named Brooks, 45, as special agent in charge of the office’s criminal division, which has handled terrorism and insider-trading cases. Brooks replaces Diego Rodriguez, who was promoted…
Authorities Quickly Track Down Bank Robber with GPS Device
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A GPS-tracking device stuffed into a bag of stolen bank money let to the arrest of a 29-year-old man who tried to get away with more than $7,000 from a financial institution in Illinois, The Chicago Tribune reports. FBI spokeswoman Joan Hyde said Miguel A. Ramirez was charged in a criminal complaint…
FBI Investigating Needles Found in Sandwiches in Four Flights to U.S.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the discovery of sewing needles in turkey sandwiches served aboard four Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam to the U.S., the Washington Post reports. The FBI’s Atlanta Office opened a criminal investigation after the airline said it found six sandwiches with what appeared to be sewing needles. One…