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FBI Investigates Underage Prostitution Ring at El Paso Schools in Texas
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether middle school and high school students throughout El Paso are part of an underage prostitution ring, the El Paso Times reports. The probe focuses on Ysleta Independent School District, which was notified of the probe beginning in December 2012. “Due to student confidentiality laws, the Ysleta Independent…
FBI Agents Were Justified in Fatal Shooting of Suspect in New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents were justified in fatally opening fire on a shooting suspect in Herkimer, New York, the Herkimer County district attorney has ruled, according to the Associated Press. Agents gunned down Kurt Myers, 64, in March 2013 after he was accused of fatally shooting four people. Myers was barricaded inside an abandoned…
FBI Urges Judge to Dismiss Lawsuit by Insane Clown Posse, Saying They Have No Right to Sue
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is urging a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the rap duo Insane Clown Posse, claiming the have no right to sue the bureau over its decision to classify fans of the musicians as members of a “loosely organized hybrid gang,” the Guardian reports. Lawyers for the federal government claim…
Homeland Security Chief Defends Handling of Growing Crisis Involving Central American Children
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is defending the agency’s handling of tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrants from Central America who were photographed in squalid, overcrowded conditions. The McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that Johnson also rejected Republican demands for the National Guard to respond to the crisis. Johnson unveiled a plan to…
TSA Agent Arrested on Felony Charges of Manufacturing, Selling Drugs in South Florida
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA agent in South Florida has been arrested on felony charges of manufacturing and selling drugs from her home, South Florida 6 reports. During a search of Latwana Daniels’ home, authorities said they found 111 grams of cocaine and 39 grams of marijuana. They also found scales and materials to make…
FBI Sting Rescues 168 Children, Nets 281 Arrests Involving Sex Trafficking
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A weeklong child-prostitution sting netted 281 arrests and the rescue of 168 children nationwide, Time reports. Dubbed “Operation Cross Country VIII,” the string is part of a larger effort that has so far rescued about 3,600 children and led to the convictions of 1,450 people. “Operation Cross Country reveals that children are…
FBI: Puerto Rico Man Arrested for Aiming Laser Pointer at Police Helicopter
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As part of the FBI’s crackdown on people pointing lasers at aircraft, authorities arrested a Puerto Rican man Monday, the Associated Press reports. The FBI arrested Christopher Jusino Rodriguez in the southern city of Ponce after he allegedly aimed the laser at a police helicopter during a security operation. The green light…
U.S. Releases Justice Department Documents Justifying Killing of U.S. Citizen in Yemen
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. did not violate the constitution or other laws by killing American citizen Anwar Awlaki in Yemen without due process of law, the Justice Department argues in a previously secret memoir release by a federal court Monday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The memo was written in 2010, a year before…