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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…
Head of FBI’s Philadelphia Office Plans to Retire, Take Job with Fortune 500 Company
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The head of the FBI’s Philadelphia field office, Edward J. Hanko, plans to retire next month following 29 years with the bureau, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The Pennsylvania native led the Philadelphia office since 2013, beefing up investigations of terrorism, cyber crime and public corruption. Hanko, 55, plans to become the…
State AG: NSA Officers Did Nothing Wrong by Shooting Transgender Women Outside Agency
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com NSA officers did nothing wrong when they shot and killed a transgender woman outside of a security gate at the entrance of the agency in Fort Meade, Md., the Washington Post reports. The Maryland U.S. attorney’s office said no evidence of a crime agains the officers were was found. “Federal prosecutors…