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Former Boston Cop Admits to Lying to FBI During Drug Investigation
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A veteran Boston police officer who lied to the FBI is resigning as part of a plea agreement that would prevent him from going to jail, the Boston Herald reports. David Michael Fitzgerald, 49, admitted making false statements to the FBI on April 27 while agents investigated a street-level drug dealer….
New Leader Takes Over Busy Yuma Sector of Border Patrol
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s busy Yuma Sector has a new leader. On Tuesday, Anthony Porvaznik was named the Yuma Sector chief patrol agent and was sworn in during a ceremony in which his mission was made clear: “Protect America.” “I do not expect infallibility nor perfection,” Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said during…
FBI Joins Investigation of Possible Serial Killer in Small Ohio Town
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In just over a year, six women have vanished from a small Ohio town. Four of them have been found dead, ABC News reports. Now the FBI is coming to help the town of Chillcothe investigate the string of disappearances and murders. Most of the victims were mothers in their 20s…
Chinese Hackers Steal Personnel Data from Alarming Number of FBI Agents
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chinese cyber-thieves penetrated an alarming number of FBI agents’ personnel files during several bold breaches that Newsweek reports have “potentially dangerous national security implications.” The FBI is now tasked with investigating the massive breach of federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computers and will be assisted by Homeland Security. It’s not…
Gawker Wins Lawsuit Against FBI for Records on Hulk Hogan’s Sex Tape
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The online news site Gawker won a lawsuit against the FBI to obtain evidence connected to an FBI investigation of Hulk Hogan’s sex tape. The evidence has been important to Gawker since it was sued by Hogan for posting footage of a sex tape featuring the wrestler. The FBI was investigating…
Border Patrol Agents Attacked by Swarms of Bees; 1 Hospitalized
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents have grown accustomed to dodging rocks and other projectiles. But bees? Action 4 reports that Border Patrol agents and other local law enforcement were stung by an untold number of bees this week. Some agents were stung dozens of times, and one was airlifted to the hospital from…
Man Claims He Murdered Because Voices of FBI Agents Told Him To
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Is Karl George Sanft legally insane? The California man said he killed two people in a meth-fueled haze because the voices of FBI agents told him to, the New York Daily reports. Today he is expected to find out whether an Alameda County Judge believes Sanft is mentally competent. Sanft stabbed…
Former Police Chief Found Dead Hours After FBI Alleges Theft
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just hours after the FBI accused a former police chief in New Mexico of stealing federal money, the suspect was found dead, possibly of a suicide. The Associated Press reports that former Rio Grande City Police Chief Byron Piper, who retired in December, was found dead at his home with a…