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FBI Hunts Down Two Daring Inmates Who Escaped from High-Rise Jail in Chicago
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is on the hunt for two inmates who made a daring escape from a high-rise jail in Chicago early Wednesday morning, the Chicago Tribune reports. New videos show the two fugitive bank robbers hopping a cab a few blocks from the Metropolitan Correctional Facility, where authorities said they slid down…
Investigation: State Department Failed to Properly Secure U.S. Consulate in Libya
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The State Department was blasted for having inadequate security at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, National Public radio reports. The report by the Accountability and Review Board, released Tuesday night, criticized the State Department for relying heavily on Libyan…
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Officials Accused of Hindering FBI Investigation
Steve Neavling tickethewire.com A federal grand jury is investigating whether Los Angeles County jail officials moved an FBI informant to hinder a federal probe into alleged jail abuses, the LA Times reports. Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials moved the inmate several time under a series of aliases and kept him under constant watch, the LA…
Woman Whose Angry Emails Led to CIA Director Petraeus’ Resignation Won’t Be Charged
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Paula Broadwell, whose affair with then-CIA Director David Petraeus led to his resignation, won’t be charged with cyberstalking, NBC News reports. “The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida has decided not to pursue a federal case regarding the alleged acts of ‘cyber-stalking’ involving Paula Broadwell,” a spokesman for…
Florida Man Claims to Be FBI Informant, Exposes Himself to Nurses
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida man forced his way onto a plane, claiming he was an FBI informant who was having medical complications and needed to fly to Boston, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. When the 28-year-old Fort Myers man was taken to a hospital after faking a seizure, he exposed himself to nurses, asking if…
You Won’t Believe How These People Were Smuggled Across the Border
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fox 5 San Diego listed some unusual ways people have tried to smuggle drugs and humans across the U.S.-Mexico border. Also included are photos, including one of a man found sewn into the upholstery of a van seat. Other photos depict people hidden in compartments in the floor of a car or hidden…
Former FBI Agent Sentenced to Six Months in Jail for Embezzling Money Intended for Confidential Informants
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who embezzled money from a fund to pay confidential informants was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced. Timothy Klotz, of Oklahoma, also was sentenced to six months of house arrest after pleading guilty to embezzlement….
NJ Residents Reach Settlement with ICE over Warrantless Home Raids
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Eight New Jersey residents will share $295,000 as part of a settlement in a lawsuit that alleges their homes were raided without warrants, the Associated Press reports U.S. citizen Ana Galindo said officers pointed a gun at her 9-year-old son during the pre-dawn raids. The residents filed a lawsuit in 2008 against…