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The 23rd Anniversary Involving the Arrest of Luchese Mafia Boss Comes and Goes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As anniversaries go, July 28 came and went with little notice. But Jerry Capeci, a mob expert who runs Gang Land News, noted in a story that the date marked the 23d anniversary of the day “when two young FBI agents standing at a shopping mall outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania made one of…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement History: The Mafia Crime Families
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FBI, Police Stop Cars Entering, Leaving Michigan Village During Murder Investigation of Teen Girl
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An investigation into the murder of a 14-year-old girl in suburban Detroit has prompted FBI agents and police to stop cars that leave or enter the village of Armada, the Free Press reports. The body of April Millsap was discovered near a trail as her dog stayed with her. Two joggers discovered…
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FBI Dubs Bank Robber ‘Good Grammar Bandit’ for Error-Free Demand Note
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of robbing banks wrote error-free demand notes that prompted the FBI to dub him the “good Grammar Bandit,” the Associated Press reports. He’s accused of robbing four banks in metro Denver in less than a week. His letters were “perfectly typed, spelled and punctuated,” the AP wrote. The suspect…
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FBI Looks to Hire Hundreds of Special Agents for Various Positions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is on the hunt for a few hundred special agents. Buffalo Business First reports that the FBI is searching for people who speak foreign languages, people with accounting, computer science or IT skills or people with law degrees. “From Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, posting for special agent positions will…
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Mexican Man Extradited in Connection to Slaying of Border Patrol Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican man wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent has been extradited to the U.S., Reuters reports. Ivan Soto-Barraza is accused of killing Agent Brian Terry in 2010 during a gun battle near the Mexican border in Arizona. Soto-Barraza and five others have been charged in…
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Texas Braces for Arrival of Hundreds of National Guard Troops Over Protests
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com Not long from now, hundreds of Texas National Guard troops will descend on border towns in an unusual show of force. The USA Today reports that some cities are welcoming the troops, who will arrive sporting camouflage and guns. “If anything, [the guardsmen] will send a strong message that our border will…
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DEA Leadership Blasted In Report On Student Left In Cell For Days
By Ryan Reilly Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The leadership of the Drug Enforcement Administration comes under fire in a report issued by the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General on the near-death of a college student left in a holding cell for five days. The review finds that DEA leadership “violated Department of Justice…