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FBI Agent Who Combats Child Porn Charged with Assaulting Teen at Missouri Home
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who works on a task force to combat child porn in Missouri has been charged with assault for allegedly choking a 13-year-old boy until he became unconscious, the Riverfront Times reports. Special Agent Scott Armstrong, 37, is due back in court Tuesday after pleading not guilty to misdemeanor third-degree…
Man Who Killed 6, Seriously Injured Rep. Giffords Planned More Serious Follow-Up Attack
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man who killed six people and severely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords planned a second attack that could have been more deadly, according to newly released FBI records obtained by the Los Angeles Times. FBI agents searching the Tucson, Ariz., residence of Jared Lee Loughner found a small safe containing bomb-making components….
Republicans Blame Environmental Protections on Curtailing Flow of Illegal Immigration
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republicans are complaining that environmental laws intended to protect land and wildlife are hampering efforts to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, The Hill reports. About 800 miles along the Mexico-U.S. border – or 40% of the land – is controlled and protected by the Interior Department. The federal land protections are restricting…
Editorial: Extending Arrest Power to Guard Troops Is Unnecessary
By Editorial Board Beaumont Enterprise If there’s anything worse than Gov. Rick Perry sending 1,000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border to boost his presidential hopes, it’s Sen. Ted Cruz calling for them to have federal arrest powers – to boost his presidential hopes. That’s a bad idea, and someone like Cruz who says…
Parker: Law Enforcement Fatalities Up in First Half of the Year
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com The number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty went up 31% during the first half of 2014, compared to…
Detroit Federal Judge Avern Cohn Turns 90 But Still ‘Sharp as a Tack’
Judge Avern Cohn (Photo by Harold White) By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn’s second-floor courtroom in downtown Detroit is normally a sobering place where drama unfolds and lawyers do battle. But on Wednesday, all was different. There was plenty joy in the air. Lawyers and judges, friends and family,…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement History: Jimmy Hoffa Talks About Being In Prison
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The FBI, Recording Devices and Ford’s World Headquarters
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Exciting things are happening at Ford Motor Company’s world headquarters in Dearborn besides talk of the Mustang the future of electrical cars, and it involves potential corporate espionage and the FBI. John Snell and David Shepardson of the Detroit News reports that the FBI searched the headquarters while investigating…