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Police: A New Mexico Man Gets in Drunken Fight With FBI Agent
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Forest Service employee Gregory Gallegos was arrested Saturday night after getting into a drunken fight with an FBI agent , police told KRQE News 13. Police said the Forest Service employee was in a minor car crash in Albuquerque when witnesses called 911 after seeing a fight. Gallegos, who failed…
Teenager Busted for Stealing High-Powered Rifles from Parked FBI SWAT Vehicle
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 16-year-old faces juvenile charges after stealing two high-powered rifles from the parked FBI SWAT vehicle outside an agent’s home in Andover, Mass., the Boston Globe reports. The teenager, whose name was not released, stole a Colt M-16-A1 rifle and an HS Precision Pro-Series 2000 Sniper Rifle overnight Wednesday. On Friday, the…
Former FBI Agent Recalls Investigating JFK’s Assassination
Stee Neavling ticklethewire.com Jim Graham was planting a Russian olive tree outside his suburban Kansas City home when the phone call of his life came, the Kansas City Star reports. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated, and the FBI wanted Graham, who was an agent, to help investigate. So he did. But he doesn’t…
Weekend Series on Law Enforcement: Nixon Talks to J. Edgar Hoover About the Supreme Court
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Parker: Heartening News from Mexico Supreme Court on Killer of DEA Agent
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 Supreme Court of Mexico this week reversed the ruling of a Mexican intermediate appellate court which had resulted in the…
‘Whitey’ Bulger Has ‘No Redeeming Qualities,’ Prosecutors Say Before Sentencing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger has “no redeeming qualities” and should die in prison, prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bulger is awaiting sentencing next week after being convicted of racketeering and murder charges. “Bulger is one of the most violent and despicable criminals in Boston…
JFK’s Assassination Transformed Secret Service into Heavy-Weight Agency
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When JFK was assassinated, the Secret Service was in store for major changes. The Warren Commission, which was formed to investigate the Nov. 22 shooting, found what it called “certain shortcomings and lapses from high standards which the Commission believes should prevail in the field of Presidential protection.” The ill-prepared Secret Service,…
Thief Swipes 2 High-Powered Rifles from FBI SWAT Vehicle
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com You never know what you’ll find when breaking into a car. For one thief, it was two high-powered rifles. The Boston Globe reports that a Colt M16-A1 Rifle and an HS Precision Pro-Series 2000 Sniper Rifle were stolen from an FBI SWAT vehicle parked in a residential area, where the agent wasn’t…