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Airport Security Confiscates Inch-Long, Plastic Gun from ‘Toy Story’s’ Mr. Woody Doll
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com You can rest easy now: Brave airport security has disarmed a Mr. Woody doll. That’s right. Heahtrow Airport security confiscated Mr. Woody’s inch-long, pistol shaped piece of plastic at Heathrow Airport. “I have travelled the world with ‘Toy Story’s’ Woody, taking pics for my son. At Heathrow, security just confiscated his ‘weapon,’…
FBI Director James B. Comey Has Appointed Agents to New Posts in Recent Weeks
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI Director James B. Comey recently made some new appointments. Carl Ghattas was named special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division at the Washington Field Office. He most recently served as deputy assistant director in the Directorate of Intelligence at FBI Headquarters. Gregory D. Cox was named special agent in…
FBI Helps Italian Authorities Crack Down on Suspected Mafia Members in New York
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An anti-mafia raid is targeting more than 40 people in the U.S. and Europe, CNN reports. The operation, “New Bridge,” led to the arrests of 17 people in Italy and seven in New York. They are accused of international drug-trafficking and organized crime. The operation was coordinated by the Italian national anti-mafia…
Incidents of Lasers Being Pointed at Planes Spike; FBI Offering Reward to Catch Culprits
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Apparently people pointing lasers is becoming a growing problem. In response, the FBI on Tuesday announced a pilot program in 12 field offices that will offer up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of people who aim handheld lasers at aircrafts. The program will run for 60…
Is Etan Patz Alive? FBI Asks American in Europe If He went Missing in 1979
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance shocked New Yorkers, was declared dead in 2001, and the 6-year-old’s confessed killer was charged. But the New York Daily News reports that the FBI asked an American living in Europe if he was Patz. “Obviously, I was surprised,” the man, who asked not to be identified,…
FBI Error Prompts Family to Request DNA Testing in 1983 Murder
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Erik Preston promised his dying brother that he’d seek justice. “I sat with him as he passed away and I kissed him and I told him, I said, ‘I’ll let everybody know that this is not right, this is not true, and you shouldn’t be here,’” his brother, Erick Preston said, according…
FBI, Justice Department to Finally Start Hiring Again Following Budget Deal
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Justice Department have been losing employees and not replacing them because of budget cuts. But the Wall Street Journal reports that President Obama’s budget deal in late December would end the hiring freeze and fill positions again. The FBI plans to hire about 1,000 people. The Justice Department will…
Mexican Man Gets 30 Years in Murder of Border Agent Brian Terry
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some justice was delivered in a sorry chapter in law enforcement involving the murder of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry on Dec. 14, 2010. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes of Mexico was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Tucson to 30 years in prison for the killing of Terry, whose death was…