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Teenager Survives ‘Miracle’ Trip in Wheel Well of Flight from California to Hawaii
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 16-year-old boy survived a five-and-a-half-hour trip in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen, the FBI said. CBS News reports that the boy was questioned by the the FBI after he was discovered Sunday on the tarmac…
Secret Service Threatened to ‘Go for Kill Shot’ if New York Mets Mascot Approached President Clinton in 1997
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service threatened to shoot the New York Mets’ mascot with a sniper if he approached then-President Bill Clinton in 1997, the New York Daily News reports. AJ Mass, who once wore the Mr. Met costume, detailed the account in his new memoir, “Yes, It’s Hot in Here — Adventures in…
Feds Arrest Numerous Suspects in Case of Revenge Kidnapping in North Carolina
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI wasted no time tracking down a group of men accused of a revenge kidnapping of a North Carolina man. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the latest suspect to be arrested plans to confess to the violent scheme that allegedly was orchestrated by Kelvin Melton, an inmate serving a life sentence…
Justice for Sept. 11 Victims Could Be Years Away As Terrorism Case Hits Yet Another Legal Snag
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The first – and maybe only – trial of those accused of orchestrating and financing the Sept. 11 attacks has hit yet another legal snag that could delay the case for years. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 9/11 conspiracy case against five suspects at Guantanamo Bay is mired in controversy…
Border Patrol Agent Assaulted by Suspected Illegal Immigrant Carrying 45-Inch Stake
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent pursuing two men suspected of entering the country illegally was assaulted by one of them carrying a 45-inch wooden stake in the San Diego community of Otay Mesa, the U-T San Diego reports. Agents spotted two men leap out of bushes and run. While one surrendered, the suspect…
Gang Land News: Ex-New York Mobster Alleges that Rev. Al Sharpton Was the Mob’s Go to Guy
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ex-mobster who became a man of the cloth tells Gang Land News that Rev. Al Sharpton used his ties to the mob to make money, and Sharpton was the mob’s hired gun. Ex-Colombo crime family Capo Michael Franzese tells Jerry Capeci of Gang Land News that Sharpton used his influence…
Parker: More Info on the Downside of Smoking Marijuana Including Impact on Brain Structure of Young Adults
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 A recent study by researchers from Northwestern University and Harvard University Medical School has concluded that even moderate use of marijuana by…
FBI Used Drones to Investigate Dog Fighting, Drug Trafficking, But Mum on Other Flights
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI uses controversial drone technology in the U.S. but has refused to identify how often agents deploy the unmanned planes. Motherboard.com reports that the obscurity of the drone missions has irked privacy advocates. But now, some of the missions have come to light thanks to documents obtained by MuckRock. The FBI…