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Feds Investigate Border Agent’s Deadly Shooting of Illegal Immigrant in Tucson
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com The feds are investigating a deadly shooting involving a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the mountains of Arizona, the Arizona Daily Star reports. Authorities said the unnamed agent shot and killed a man after a confrontation with a group who had crossed the border illegally, the agency told the Arizona Daily Star….
FBI: Border Patrol Agent Busted Smuggling Marijuana While on Duty
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent is accused of smuggling bundles of marijuana with his patrol vehicle while he was on duty, the Associated Press reports, citing a complaint filed in federal court earlier this week. Authorities says Aaron Anaya stopped along the international border and picked up about 147 pounds of marijuana…
FBI Analyst Charged with Distributing Child Porn to Undercover Cop
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com An FBI analyst is accused of distributing child pornography to an undercover cop in Washington D.C., ABC 7 reports. Keith Dietterle, 28, is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges of possessing and peddling child pornography. A task force of FBI agents and local police arrested Dietterle after authorities…
Arizona Man Charged with Bombing a Government Office Had Ingredients for a Disaster
Steve Neavling ticklthewire.com An Arizona man charged with trying to blow up a Social Security Administration Office was researching how to build the type of powerful bombs used by terrorists, the Associated Press reports. Abdullatif Ali Aldosary, 47, was charged in federal court Monday with maliciously damaging federal property by means of an explosive and…
FBI Hunts for Victims of Self-Professed Serial Killer Who Committed Suicide
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is searching for victims of a self-professed serial killer who said he killed four people in Washington before committing suicide in an Alaskan jail, the Seattle Times reports. The suspect, Israel Keyes, was awaiting trail for the killing of an 18-year-old barista when he killed himself at the Anchorage Correctional…
Border Patrol Helps Nab Illegal Moose Hunters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are best known for protecting the border from drug smugglers and illegal immigrants. But agents in New Hampshire are on the hunt for something different this fall – Canadian hunters slipping illegally into the U.S. to poach moose, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Agents teamed up…
Coast Guardsman killed Trying to Arrest Marijuana Smugglers in Waters Off Southern California
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Coast Guardsman was killed Sunday and another injured when an alleged marijuana smuggler intentionally rammed into two agents in the waters off the Southern California Coast the ABC News reports. Four suspects were arrested, but authorities are still on the search for two others, ABC News reported. The Coast Guard was…
How a Drifter-Turned-Terrorist Planned to Blow up a Bridge in Cleveland
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Douglas Wright first caught the attention of the FBI when he began to advocate violence as a tactic for the Occupy movement, the Indy Star reports as part of an in-depth look at how the drifter turned into a terrorist intent on blowing up a bridge that crosses the Cuyahoga River into…