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Ex-Internal Affairs Official: Border Patrol Altered Details of Reports on ‘Highly Suspect’ Deaths
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents have tried to alter details of at least seven “highly suspect” deaths since 2010, a former internal affairs official for CBP told the Center for Investigative Reporting. “In nearly every instance, there was an effort by Border Patrol leadership to make a case to justify the shooting versus doing…
Disgruntled Ex-Cop Gains Access to FBI Office Carrying Gun, Fake Badge, Inactive ID Card
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A disgruntled ex-cop with a loaded gun managed to bypass metal detectors and enter an FBI office using a fake police badge and inactive ID card, ABC News reports. The ease with which the man entered the building has concerned federal authorities. “He could’ve shot up half the office by that point,”…
FBI Sends 65 Agents into High-Crime Areas of Chicago to Crack Down on Gangs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has dispatched 65 agents across high-crime areas of Chicago to help crackdown on gang crime, Sneed reports. “This is a new tactic the FBI is using in fighting crime,” an FBI spokeswoman said, “by working in a concentrated area and a concentrated time on the street — although the FBI has…
FBI Worried About New Black Panther Party’s Presence in Ferguson, Missouri
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has warned that the New Black Panther Party may be advocating violence in Ferguson, Missouri where an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot by police, KTVI reports. Among the members of the NBPP who were in town to respond to the shooting was Chawn Kweli, national chief of staff for…
Investigators Find Gun Believed to Be Used in Murder of Border Patrol Agent in Front of Family
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Investigators in Texas believe they’ve found the handgun used in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent while he was fishing with his family on vacation, Breitbart.com reports. Scouring an area where the suspects were known to hang out, authorities found a handgun that they believe was used during the botched…
Christopher Shaefer, Who Led Atlanta’s ATF Office, Is Appointed Assistant Deputy Director of Agency
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Christopher Shaefer, who served as special agent in charge of the ATF’s Atlanta office, has been promoted to the position of deputy assistant director of the federal agency, the Manteca Bulletin reports. Shaefer began his law enforcement career as an officer for the Manteca Police Department in California in 1982 before joining…
Lawsuit Claims DEA Informant Improperly Monitored Albuquerque Man Who Snapped
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of fatally shooting an Albuquerque man last year was an active DEA informant despite his criminal background, according to a lawsuit filed against the agency, the Associated Press reports. The lawsuit claims the DEA did not properly supervise Jason Estrada, who was killed when he confronted a man accused…
Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping to Get FBI’s Attention in Salt Lake City
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert Joseph Hibbard wanted so much to talk with the FBI about his ex-wife’s death that he took a hostage at the bureau’s Salt Lake City office and demanded to talk to investigators in September 2012. The 43-year-old pleaded guilty but mentally ill Monday to a kidnapping charge, the Salt Lake Tribune…