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FBI Agent Accused of Using Heroin That Was Stored As Evidence for Trial
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Matthew Lowry, the FBI agent suspected of tampering with evidence in drug cases, is accused of using heroin that was earmarked as evidence for a trial, the Washington Post reports. The accusations against Lowry are so serious that authorities are dismissing cases against convicted and accused drug dealers in Washington…
Silk Road, the Notorious Online Drug Bazaar, Busted for Second Time
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Silk Road, a notorious online drug supplier, has been busted again, The Verge reports. The FBI, Homeland Security and European law enforcement seized the replacement site. Authorities arrested suspected operator Blake Benthall, 26, in California on Wednesday. It appears Benthall slipped up when he used his own email address for a…
Smugglers Dropped Large Amount of Marijuana from Ultralight Aircraft
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Drug smugglers have tried all kinds of clever – and not so clever – ways to get their products across the Mexican border and into the U.S. On Tuesday morning, Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized nearly $100,000 worth of marijuana dropped from an ultralight aircraft Tuesday, AZ Family reports….
Top Justice Department Officials Used Influence to Get Relatives Paid Internships
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three top officials in the Justice Department played a role in getting their relatives paid paid internships, the New York Daily News reports. Executive Office for Immigration Review Director Juan Osuna, Board of Immigration Appeals Chairman David Neal and Chief Immigration Judge Brian O’Leary each helped relatives get the jobs, according…
FBI Agent Impersonates Associated Press Reporter to Nab Teen in Bomb Threats
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI went further than creating a bogus news site to capture a 15-year-old suspect accused of making bomb threats at a high school near Olympia, Washington. An FBI agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter in 2007 and asked the suspect to review a bogus AP article about threats directed at…
FBI’s Rafael “Jorge” Garcia Jr. Named Assistant Directorate of Intelligence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rafael “Jorge” Garcia, Jr. has been named assistant director of the Directorate of Intelligence (DI) at FBI headquarters. Garcia most recently served as deputy assistant director for the Intelligence Operations Branch within the DI. Garcia joined the FBI in 1995 and was first assigned to the Phoenix office he investigated drugs,…
Prosecutors Dropping Drug Conspiracy Charges Because of Alleged FBI Miconduct
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent accused of tampering with evidence has prompted federal prosecutors to begin the process of dismissing indictments against 28 defendants, the Washington Post reports. Half of the defendants were already serving sentences. Many of the defendants will be in U.S. District Court on Friday for a hearing. The U.S….
Alcohol Played Role in Boat Crash That Killed 2 FBI Employees Near Cincinnati
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Alcohol played a role in a boat crash that killed two FBI employees on the Ohio River near Cincinnati in September, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The off-duty employees, Bryce Eastlick, 28, and John Stack II, 29, were killed after their 19-foot boat smashed into a massive barge on Sept. 25. “The…