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Undocumented Immigrant Paid Nearly $500,000 After Being Shot by Border Patrol Agent
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. government was ordered to pay nearly $500,000 to an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who was shot by a Border Patrol agent on Nov. 16, 2010, the USA Today reports. U.S. District Court Justice James Soto said the agent’s “use of force was not justified” because the plaintiff, Castro Romo,…
Iowa Couple Accused of Torturing, Forcing Woman into Prostitution, Are Charged
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Iowa couple accused of torturing a 20-year-old woman and forcing her into prostitution was charged this week with sex trafficking and torture, Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Charges in U.S. District Court allege Aldair Hodza, 36, and Laura E. Sorensen, 31, abducted the woman before subjecting her to sexual abuse, starvation and…
Republicans in Congress Reach Impasse on Funding for Homeland Security
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security is within two months of running out of money, and Republican Congressional leaders acknowledge they don’t have the votes for their budget plan for the department. The New York Times reports that Republicans have reached an impasse after failing three times to pass a bill to finance Homeland Security….
FBI Investigates Hacking Attempt Targeting Jacksonville International Airport
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating what appears to be a hacking attempt from a “foreign party” targeting Jacksonville International Airport, First Coast News reports. Investigators said the hacking attempt was unsuccessful. “There was an incident that occurred around Thanksgiving and the FBI is investigating,” JAA spokesperson Michael Stewart said in a statement….
Richard Frankel Becomes Agent in Charge of Newark Division in New Jersey
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Richard Frankel, who began his FBI career as a special agent in the New York Field Office in 1995, is the new agent in charge of the bureau’s Newark Division, MyCentralJersey.com reports. Comey named Frankel to the position after serving in several different positions in New York. He fought organized crime…
ACLU Sues Border Patrol for Records on Questionable ‘Roving Patrols’
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ACLU sued Border Patrol to get more insight into the use of “roving patrols,” Reuters reports. The suit comes after the CBP ignored a July 2014 request under the Freedom of Information Act to release information on the patrols, which lead to people being stopped more than 100 miles from…
ATF Investigates Alleged Affair Between Agent, Prosecutor During Storefront Investigations
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ATF agent and a prosecutor had a secret affair while working together on controversial storefront operations in Georgia and are under investigation following allegations they illegally helped in informant, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The storefront investigations were the subject of intense scrutiny following alarming reports by the Journal Sentinel…
FBI Investigating Voter Fraud, Financial Mismanagement in The Bronx
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating voter fraud and financial mismanagement of politicians in The Bronx, the New Work Post reports. The probe comes at a time when Albany’s power shifted to Bronx politicians after Sheldon Silver stepped down as speaker of the New York Assembly following his arrest by the FBI. Replacing…