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Retired FBI Special Agent Becomes Chief of Huntington Police Department in West Virginia
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joe Ciccarelli, a retired FBI special agent, is taking over as the Huntington Police Department’s new police chief, Metro News reports. Ciccarelli got his start in law enforcement with the Huntington Police Department in West Virginia. “Joe Ciccarelli understands our city, our opportunities and our challenges,” Huntington Mayor Steve Williams said…
Border Patrol Official Says More than 4,300 New Officers Are Needed to Protect U.S.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com CBP needs more than 4,300 new officers to adequately protect the borders, acting Customs and Border Patrol Assistant Commissioner John P. Wagner, from the Office of Field Operations, told PJ Media. With the increased dangers of ISIS and the influx of immigrants, Wagner said a lot more manpower is needed….
DNA Evidence Brings FBI Closer to Solving Decades-Old ‘Gypsy Hill Murders’ Case
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The brutal killing of five women in the San Francisco Bay Area beginning in 1976 became known as the “Gypsy Hill Murders.” Now the FBI has a person of interest in the unsolved murders because of a cigarette butt recovered from an unrelated crime scene, the New York Daily News reports….
Police: Ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh Likely Fell Asleep Before Serious Car Crash
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Before his car drifted across the road and crashed last week, former FBI Director Louis Freeh likely fell asleep and won’t be cited. ABC News reports that Freeh can’t recall why his car crashed in Barnard, VT. Investigators said they won’t know for sure what caused the accident, but evidence points…
No Drugs, Alcohol Suspected in Crash That Injured Former FBI Director Freeh
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to play a role in the car accident that seriously injured former FBI Director Louis Freeh, the Burlington Free Press reports. Freeh, 64, of Wilmington, Del., remains in serious condition at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. where he’s being protected by armed guards. The…
Column: Santa’s Helper, a Giant Elf, a Cuban Inmate Uprising and the Salvation Army
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. A note from Greg Stejskal: “Despite not having sold the screen rights & in an effort to make this story a Holiday classic, we’re running this story again. Happy Holidays!” By…
No Shortage of Conspiracy Theories As 50th Anniversary of JFK’s Assassination Comes Friday
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the U.S. remembers the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination Friday, there is no shortage of conspiracy theories. Depending on whom you ask, JFK was killed by the CIA, the mafia, Cuban exile groups, the FBI, southern segregationists or the Soviet Union. The way author and attorney Craig Zirbel sees…
Report: FBI Spied on ‘David Frost Show’ Because of Left-Wing Guests
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover’s leadership spied on David Frost’s program to monitor left-wing guests, newly released FBI reports show, the New York Post reports. At one point, an undercover FBI agent was even planted in the audience, in yet another bizarre discovery about the celebrities spied on by the bureau….