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FBI Agents Part of U.S. Team to Help Nigerian Government Search for Abducted Schoolgirls
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. are sending nearly 30 experts to from the FBI and State and Defense departments to help the Nigerian government track down nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls, the Washington Post reports. Among those helping are four FBI officials specialize in recovering kidnap victims, negotiations and preventing future cases. About 276 girls are…
FBI Reports New Scheme in Texas in Which Callers Are Told Loved One Was Kidnapped
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are dealing with a sick new scheme in Texas called “virtual kidnapping.” Victims get a call, usually in the middle of the night, from someone who says they’ve kidnapped a loved one and wants ransom money wired immediately, KSAT.com reports. The callers usually doesn’t have any contact with the person they…
Border Patrol Reports Alarming Number of Sex Offenders Apprehended in South Texas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An alarming number of immigrants who are sex offenders are captured in South Texas. Since October 2013, Border Patrol has apprehended nearly 180 immigrants who have prior convictions for sex offenses, KZTV Action 10 reports. A majority of the offenders sexually assaulted children in the U.S. Just this weekend, Border Patrol arrested…
California Police Officer Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison for Lying to FBI About Extortion Scheme
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A police officer in California who lied to the FBI about an extortion scheme was sentenced Monday to two-and-a-half years in federal prison. Burbank police officer Anthony Valento admitted he lied to FBI agents about dating Gayle Bassett, a victim of a crime for which he was the reporting officer. Bassett was…
TSA Supervisor Charged on Accusations of Paying Underage Girls for Sex in Dominican Republic
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA supervisor is accused of paying two 15-year-old girls to have sex with him in the Dominican Republic, The New York Daily News reports. Vernon Lythcott, who was arrested at Kennedy Airport as he planned to board a flight to the Dominican Republic, was charged Friday for having sex with the…
New DEA Head of Houston Division Brings Plethora of Border Experience
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joseph Arabit, the new head of the Houston Division of the DEA, arrives with a plethora of border experience that authorities hope will help crack down on drug cartel activity between the Texas-Mexico border, KHOU.com reports. Arabit previously was in charge of the DEA office in El Paso at a time of…
Seeking Tough Justice in Probes of Financial Institutions, But Settling for Empty Promises
By Jesse Eisinger ProPublica Don’t get too excited about bank indictments. The Justice Department is talking tough. In an unusually frank video statement, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. proclaimed that he was personally overseeing major financial investigations and that his department was poised to bring charges against several large institutions. The United States attorney in Manhattan,…
FBI Agent Arrested in Pakistan Faces Formal Charges Soon for Trying to Bring Ammunition, Knife on Plane
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police are expected to file formal charges soon against the FBI agent who was arrested in Pakistan after authorities said he tried to carry ammunition and a knife onto a plane in Karachi. The Associated Press reports that a judge on Saturday urged police to file the charges by May 19, the…