By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – James P. Myers is returning to Los Angeles — this time as a FBI special agent in charge of the Intelligence Division and Field Intelligence Group for the L.A. office. Myers, whose last post was as section chief of HUMINT operations (Human Intelligence) and oversight section, started as an…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Herman Groman, a retired FBI agent in Las Vegas, may be going Hollywood. Groman, who heads up security at the Orleans Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, recently authored his first novel, a suspense thriller called “Pigeon Spring”. Now, he says producer-director Joseph Merhi read the book and wants to make a movie…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ronald T. Hosko, who served as acting special agent in charge of the St. Louis division, has been named special agent in charge of the Criminal Division for the FBI’s Washington Field Office. Hosko joined the FBI in July 1984, and was first assigned to the Jackson, Miss., division…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Drew Parenti, head of the FBI’s Sacarmento bureau, is retiring to take a job as vice president of security for Penske Truck Leasing in Reading, Pa., the Sacramento Bee is reporting. Parenti, 50, a 26 year bureau veteran, said the FBI is “a hard organization to leave,” according to the paper….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An investigative specialist in the FBI Washington Field Office, who was the son of a retired FBI agent, was struck by a car and killed early Sunday morning in Rockville, Md., as he crossed the street with a friend, reporter Martin Weil of the Washington Post reported. The friend…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John Perren, FBI special agent in charge of counterterrorism branch at Washington Field Office, has been named acting head of the office. In the meantime, James McJunkin, assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division at headquarters is rumored to be a front runner to take over the top spot at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired FBI agent Lester G. Davis of Atlanta, who developed an impressive record for capturing bank robbers in the 1950s while working in New Orleans, died Saturday at age 94, according to an obituary in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Lester’s career with the FBI spanned 32 years, starting in 1942. He…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Senate on Wednesday night confirmed six U.S. Attorneys, upping the total number to 72, with five nominees still awaiting confirmation by the full Senate, the website Main Justice reported. The U.S. Attorneys who got the nod from the Senate include: Joseph Hogsett for the Southern District of Indiana; Michael J….
