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FBI’s Most Wanted Man in Houston Surrenders
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI’s most wanted man in Houston has turned himself in, reports the local ABC affiliate. The bureau had posted billboards with the man’s photos just days before. Patrick Simmons is a suspect in a bank robbery where a Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot, according to ABC, putting him on…
FBI Called In to Help with Local Paramilitaries
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Local authorities in southern Mississippi have contacted the FBI for help investigating a paramilitary group known as the Savior Unit, reports the Hattiesburg American. The group is comprised mostly of teenagers and young adults. Michael Shaun Schaffran, the 32-year-old believed to be the group’s leader, and Cody Jacob Rogers, 18, were…
Move to Replace FBI Headquarters Inches Closer to Reality
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legendary but outdated FBI headquarters building in in the nation’s capital moved a step closer to its demise. The Washington Post reports that the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works passed a resolution late last week authorizing the General Service Administration to find a consolidated headquarters. The Post reported…
FBI Agent Calls Staffing Against NY Mob “Dangerously Low”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Is the N.Y. FBI allocating far too little to fight the five Organized Crime Families? The answer is a definite Yes, according to a story by mob expert Jerry Capeci, editor of Gang Land News. The site reports that the number of agents investigating New York wiseguys is at an all…
FBI Investigating Cleveland Anthrax Hoax
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is continuing an investigation into an anthrax scare in Cleveland, reports WDEF.com. On Wednesday afternoon a letter containing white powder was found addressed to the Bradley County Circuit Court’s Office, but a mobile testing unit determined the substance was just talcum powder, according to WDEF. No one is sick…
DEA Money Laundering Began Under Reagan, Justice Says
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The DEA sting operation involving the laundering of money to drug cartels that has angered some Republican congressmen actually dates back to the Reagan administration, according to the Justice Department. Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Ronald Weich sent a letter to Rep. Darrel Issa–the Republic congressman leading the charges against…
FBI Offers $5,000 Reward for Calif. Police Station Bombing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Who would throw a Molotov cocktail at a police station? That’s what the FBI wants to know. The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for help finding the person who threw two Molotov cocktails at a police outpost near University of California Santa Barbara last month and left taunting graffiti messages,…
Family Releases Video of Live Missing Ex-FBI Agent
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The missing caper involving retired FBI agent Robert Levinson who vanished in Iran in 2007 , took another dramatic turn Friday. The Associated Press reported that the family website posted a video of the family issuing a plea to his unknown kidnappers along with a hostage video of Levinson, 63,…