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Parents Awarded $3M in Wrongful Death Suit in Son’s Death at Hands of DEA
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The parents of an 18-year-old honor student who was shot and killed by plainclothes DEA agents in a state of confusion in southern California were awarded $3 million in a wrongful death lawsuit, the Los Angeles Times reports. U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald ruled that the DEA agents were not negligent in…
Veteran Special Agent in FBI to Head N.C. Department of Public Safety
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frank Perry, who served 22 years as a special agent for the FBI, was named as secretary of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Triangle Business Journal writes. Gov. Pat McCrory made the appointment after Perry began serving as the department’s interim secretary earlier this month. “Frank Perry has dedicated his…
Father of Man Killed by FBI to Meet with Florida Prosecutor
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com All Abdulbaki Todashev wants to know is what prompted an FBI agent to fatally shoot his son. The FBI won’t say what happened when an agent killed Ibragim Todashev, a companion of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, at his Orlando apartment earlier this year. The Associated Press reports that the…
Top FBI Agent in Washington State Claims She Was Discriminated Against for Job Promotions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Laura M. Laughlin, the top FBI agent in Washington state, says she continues to be discriminated against nearly two years after filing a gender discrimination suit against the bureau, McClatchy reports. Special agent-in-charge of the FBI’s Seattle field office, Laughlin contends in an updated legal filing that her gender has cost her…
Serial Killer Toys with FBI in Newly Released Video of Interrogations
Alaska-based serial killer Israel Keyes, who took his own life last year, is shown in a new video toying with the FBI about his alleged victims, Slate reports. At one point, Keyes says he’s unwilling to discuss details of the victims because he doesn’t want his mom to find out. Then he jokes with agents…
Canadian Scuba Diver Busted Trying to Smuggle Marijuana into U.S. Via Waterway
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drug smugglers have shown no end to new ways to bring drugs into the U.S. On Tuesday, authorities said a Canadian scuba diver tried to smuggle $40,000 worth marijuana into the U.S. by swimming across St. Clair River in Michigan, the Lansing State Journal reports. The scuba diver, who has not yet…
FBI Trains Local Police How to Respond to Mass Shootings
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Every split second counts in a mass shooting. So the FBI, acting on a White House directive following a school shooting last year, is training local police how to handle a mass shooting, ABC News reports. The idea is to establish a standardized strategy to respond to shootings. Apart from the tactical…
Father of Man Killed by FBI Speaks Out About Details of Shooting
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