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DEA Agent Sentenced to 2 Years for Using Fraudulently Issued Government Credit Cards
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent was sentenced to two years in prison Monday after using fraudulently issued government credit cards to steal more than $113,000 from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Keenya Meshell Banks, 41, of Maryland, was earlier convicted of wire fraud. Banks was a program manager for the DEA and was responsible…
Gang Land News: Feds Cheer Mama’s Boy Mob Snitch, And He Earns A Sweet Reward
Jerry Capeci is considered a mob expert. He’s the founder and editor of the paid subscription website Gang Land News. This article was republished with permission. By Jerry Capeci Anthony Zoccolillo’s role as a co-star of the short-lived Mama’s Boys of the Bronx reality TV show was pretty much a flop. But there was applause…
FBI Agent Speaks Out About Stealing Heroin to Ease Pain, Addiction
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Matthew Lowry seemed to have everything going for him. He worked for an elite drug task force after graduating with honors from the FBI Academy. His wife was pregnant with their first child. Trouble is, Lowry had become addicted to pain medication to ease his chronic and painful inflammations of the…
FBI, ATF Join Investigation of Spate of Suspicious Fires at Black Churches
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and ATF are helping local authorities investigate a string of recent suspicious fires at black churches in the south. The church fires broke out in four states, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. Three of the four were determined to be arsons, and the other is under investigation,…
Testimony Wraps Up in Case Accusing Border Patrol of Racial Profiling in Ohio
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Were Border Patrol agents profiling Hispanics in Ohio? Two groups have filed a discrimination suit against the Border Patrol in Ohio, claiming agents have been targeting and detaining Hispanics along Lake Erie. Testimony in the case wrapped up in federal court in Toledo last week. Border Patrol officials denied wrongdoing and…
Border Patrol Team Hunts Down, Kills 1 of 2 Escaped Murderers in Upstate NY; Second Captured Alive
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol tactical team shot and killed one of two murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York following a massive three-week manhunt, CNN reports. Richard Matt was killed Friday in Malone, N.Y. On Sunday, a New York State trooper shot and wounded the second fugitive, David…
Federal Authorities Warn of Possible Terrorist Attack in U.S. on Fourth of July Weekend
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities have warned of the potential for a terrorist attack targeting the Fourth of July holiday in the U.S. The bulletins prepared by Homeland Security and the FBI urged local law enforcement to be alert because of ongoing threats posed by ISIS and other homegrown terrorists, the USA Today reports….
FBI Looking at Similarities of Women Killed Or Missing from Ohio Town
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents who are investigating a possible serial killer are looking at similarities in the lives of he six women who have been found dead or have gone missing in a small Ohio town, a former agent told ABC News. ABC discovered that most of the women “ran in the same…