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Justice Department Blasted in Report for Handling of Sex Offenders in Protection Program
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has done a poor job protecting the public from sex offenders who are enrolled in the national witness protection program, according to the department’s inspector general. The Associated Press reports that of the 10 participants who had been convicted of a sex crime, four were not required to…
The FBI’s Wildly Successful Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List Was Hatched 60 Years Ago
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the FBI’s famous and wildly successful Ten Most Wanted Fugitive program, which has helped capture hundreds of suspects since its inception. The Imperial Valley News reports that the program’s roots reach back to 1949, when a reporter for the International News Service wrote a story…
Secret Service Agents Drove Car Into White House Barrier
By Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post WASHINGTON –– The Obama administration is investigating allegations that two senior Secret Service agents, including a top member of the president’s protective detail, drove a government car into White House security barricades after drinking at a late-night party last week, an agency official said Wednesday. Officers on duty…
Deputy U.S. Marshal Fatally Shot in a Shootout in Baton Rouge
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells was shot in the neck and killed Tuesday in a gun battle in Baton Rouge, La. Wells, 27, a native of Mississippi, had been with the U.S. Marshals Service since January 2011. Authorities said that Wells was part of a team executing arrest warrants on fugitive…
Border Patrol Agent Arrested Following Allegations of Sexually Assaulting a Child
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of sexually assaulting a child, MySanAntonio.com reports. Luis Angel Lozada, 28, is out of jail on a $750,000 bond Saturday. Lozada has worked for Border Patrol since 2009. Details of the allegations weren’t immediately clear, but the crimes allegedly occurred in El Paso….
FBI Increases Reward for Missing Retired Agent Levinson to $5M
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson was kidnapped eight years ago this month while traveling to an Iranian island, making him one of the longest-held U.S. residents in history. CNN reports that the FBI has increased the reward for information on Levinson, who also turned 67 this month, from $1 million to…
FBI Agent to Testify about Evidence Collected at Boston Marathon Bombing Site
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The lead FBI agent in the recovery of evidence from the bomb site at the Boston Marathon is expected testify today in the jury trial of Dzhokha Tsarnaev. FBI Special Agent Sarah DeLair began collecting evidence just hours after the blasts at the crowded finishing line on April 15, 2013, she…
Ferguson City Manager Resigns Following Scathing Justice Department Report
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ferguson City Manager John Shaw announced Tuesday that he was resigning after a scathing Justice Department report that criticized him and other Ferguson officials for a culture of discrimination, The Washington Post reports. The city called the resignation a “mutual separation agreement” Shaw is the second person to resign following the…