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Jury Acquits Two Border Patrol Agents Accused of Committing a Lewd Act at Circus Show
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A jury acquitted two Border Patrol agents Monday of committing a lewd act at a crowded Cirque du Soleil show in Del Mar, Calif., U-T San Diego reports. The only intimacy was hugging and kissing, Kallie Helwig, 25, and 35-year old Gerald Torello said during the trial. The jury deadlocked on a…
FBI Probing Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Accused of Lying During Testimony in Drunken-Driving Case
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Utah Highway Patrol trooper appears to be under FBI investigation after a judge revealed she lied during testimony in a drunken-driving case, KUTV reports. The question is whether Trooper Lisa Steed, who has been fired, violated the civil rights of the person accused in the DUI, KUTV reported. At least one…
Family of Joe Paterno Commissioned Study That Suggests Late Coach Did Nothing Wrong
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of Joe Paterno commissioned a report that suggests the Penn State University coach did nothing wrong and was the victim of a rushed investigation, CBS News and the Associated Press report. The report argues that the probe into the handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, which was…
Sweeping Budget Cuts Could Force Furloughs for as Many as 1,000 Secret Service Agents
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security is preparing sweeping budget cuts that could result in as many as 1,000 Secret Service agents, officers and others being furloughed, the Washington Guardian reports. In an agency wide memo last week, officials warned of reductions that are needed in the event of sequestration, which is an automatic budget cut…
When You’re a Detroit City Councilman, Is It Ever a Good Thing to Get a Visit From the FBI?
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — When you serve on the Detroit City Council and one of your employees at city hall tells you the FBI is here to see you . . .well, your mind starts racing. You figure the agents aren’t there to talk about the Tigers’ prospects. President Pro-tem Gary…
El Paso Named Safest City in U.S., Just Across Border from Drug-Torn Ciudad Juarez
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Oh, the difference a border can make. While Ciudad Juarez in Mexico is tied up in a drug war that has claimed 10,000 lives in the past five years, its border town, El Paso in the U.S., was ranked the safest place in the country with a population over 500,000 for the…
Mother of Missing Woman Urges FBI to Take Speed Freak Killer’s Advice on Where to Dig
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s not often that a serial killer and a potential victim’s family agree on something. But the mother of a California woman who has been missing for 25 years and believed to be a victim of “Speed Freak Killer” Wes Shermantine is urging the FBI to take the suspect’s advice and stop…
FBI Urges Local Police to Monitor Facebook, Twitter for Lawbreakers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is urging local police to closely monitor social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, for criminal activity, according to an official publication on the bureau’s website. The FBI publication also encourages law enforcement to be cautious about their own postings to avoid trouble with the law and others. In some cases,…