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Where Have All of the Bank Robbers Gone in California? State Sees Huge Reduction Since 1990s
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com California may no longer be the nation’s bank robbery capital. The Latin Post reports that the FBI’s L.A. office, which includes seven counties, is handling far fewer bank robbery cases than in the past. Robberies peaked in the early 1990s, with as many as 28 bank robberies a day in the counties…
Weekend Series on Crime: Former Undercover FBI Agent Jack Garcia
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FBI Arrest Two Men Accused of Conspiring to Commit Acts of Terrorism in U.S. or Abroad
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accusing two men of conspiring and training to fight alongside terrorists in Syria or Yemen, the News & Observer reports. The charges were the result of a one-year undercover investigation into the actions of Marsalis Brown, 21, and Akba Jihad Jordan, whose age was not disclosed in court records….
FBI Director Comey Delivers Good News – More Staff, Training, Resources in Beefed-up 2014 Budget
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey sought to assure agents and local law enforcement that the bureau plans to increase staff, training and resources in what will be a much less frugal 2014. The Times-Picayune reports that Comey, during his visit to the bureau’s New Orleans Field Office on Thursday, said the beefed-up budget…
IRS Hires Former Cop Convicted of Illegally Accessing FBI Info, Sharing with Terrorism Suspect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Weiss Russell, a former cop convicted two years ago of illegally accessing an FBI database and sharing it with the subject of an investigation, managed to land a job at the IRS. The Washington Times reports Mohammad Weiss Rasool, or as the IRS knows him, Wiess Russell, was sentenced to two years…
AG Holder, FBI Director Among Officials Who Spent $7.8 Million on Personal Trips and Federal Jets
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder and former FBI Director Robert Mueller are among senior Justice Department officials who billed taxpayers a combined $7.8 million to use federal aircraft for hundreds of personal trips, the Washington Post reports. The report by Congress’ nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, which was released Thursday, comes less than three…
Congressman Issa Says ATF ‘Dangerously Mismanaged’ Program Designed to Rid Street of Guns
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying the ATF “dangerously mismanaged” a program aimed at gunning guns off the street, Rep. Darrell Issa is subpoenaing the agency for more information. Issa chairs the House Oversight and Government reform Committee, which is investigating the ATF’s blundered storefront operations. Issa criticized the ATF for showing a “complete lack of cooperation.”…
Grown Man Robs Bank While Riding Child-Sized Bike into Texas Building
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com They call him the BMX Bandit. The FBI is looking for a man who robbed a Missouri City, Texas, bank after riding a child-sized bike into the building, Click2Houston.com reports. The robbery happened at Amegy Bank. The man pulled out a gun and demanded money.