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Public Face of Anonymous Pleads Guilty in Case That Could Land Him in Prison for 8.5 Years
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Barrett Lancaster Brown became the public face for Anonymous, a hacking collective that has wrecked havoc on computers nationwide. Now the spokesman-like figure faces up to eight-and-half years in prison for public posts he made on YouTube and Twitter targeting FBI Agent Robert Smith because authorities were threatening to go after his…
Questions Raised About Lethal Injections After Botched Execution in Oklahoma on Tuesday
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The deadly cocktails administered during executions are about to come under fire after a botched lethal injection involving Oklahoma inmate Clayton Lockett on Tuesday. Newsweek reports that a doctor stopped administering the lethal injection about 13 minutes into the procedure after Locket lifted his head and began mumbling. About 40 minutes after…
Washington State Man Wanted to Blow Up Wal-Mart, Gas Stations to Distract from Bank Robberies
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A recently released inmate planned to blow up a Wal-Mart and several gas stations to distract from plans he had of robbing banks in Washington state. The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports that suspect Larry Gillette, who was arrested Monday, is accused of revealing his plans to an undercover FBI agent, saying he…
Chicago Bank Robber Handed More Than Cash, Helping Lead to His Arrest
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Chicago bank teller who was getting robbed gave up more than $1,700. The Chicago Tribune reports that the bank employee also handed the robber a global-positioning system that helped the FBI and local police track him down. The GPS device activated as soon as the robber left the bank, alerting authorities…
Former FBI agent, Rep. Michael Grimm, faces federal charges, surrenders to FBI in New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a former FBI agent, was indicted Monday on 20 counts of fraud and other charges in connection to a Manhattan restaurant he owned, Fox News reports. The Republican from New York evading the IRS and hiding more than $1 million in profits to avoid paying taxes. Grimm, who…
Man Who Impersonated DEA Agent to Impress at Nightclubs Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Benjamin William Mejias seemed to tell anyone who would listen that he was a DEA agent. He even posted photos of himself on Facebook wearing a DEA insignia and carrying guns and was so brazen that he repeated his story to an Orlando cop while wearing a DEA uniform, a badge and…
New FBI Agents Will Be Required to Visit Martin Luther King Memorial
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New FBI agents are already required to tour the Holocaust Museum. FBI Director James Comey is adding another required visit in Washington D.C. – the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the USA Today reports. “I think it will serve as a different kind of reminder — one more personal to the bureau —…
Seattle Times: ATF Needs to Provide More Regulatory Oversight After Gun Shop Blunder
By Seattle Times Editorial Board Revelations about the sloppy, arrogant business practices of a nationally known Skagit County retailer with a lethal inventory are stunning. To know that Kesselring Gun Shop had been arming generations with virtually no regulatory oversight, even after grotesque violations were discovered, made Seattle Times reporter Mike Carter’s story all the…