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Two TSA Officers Indicted on Charges of Smuggling Cocaine Through Atlanta Airport
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two Transportation Security Administration officers were indicted Tuesday on charges of conspiring and attempting to smuggle cocaine through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Richard C. Cook II, 27, of Henry County, Ga. and Timothy G. Gregory, 25, of DeKalb County, Ga. were indicted by a grand jury on multiple drug counts….
Crazed Gunman Jared Loughner Pleads Guilty to 19 Charges in Arizona Shooting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Crazed gunman Jared Loughner was found competent to stand trial on Tuesday. He then immediately pleaded guilty to 19 charges in a shooting spree last year in Tucson that left six people dead including a federal judge, and 13 wounded including ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Loughner murdered U.S. District Judge John Roll…
Andrew Traver Who Was Nominated for Director is Named Head of ATF’s Denver Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew Traver, whose nomination by President Obama to head up ATF seems to have gone nowhere, is the new head of ATF’s Denver office. Before getting this new assignment he was head of the Chicago ATF. Traver began his ATF career in 1987 as a special agent in the Chicago Field…
California FBI Agent ’s Death Ruled a Suicide
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agent Stephen Ivens who went missing two months ago from his Burbank, Calif., home and was found dead Monday in a wooded area, committed suicide, authorities have ruled, according to the Associated Press reports. Ivens went missing in May, prompting a furious search. Investigators said Ivens was despondent and had feared…
Fears Raised Among Faith Community After Two Attacks
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Concerned about copycat attacks, the Department of Homeland Security is urging suburban mosques to be extra vigilant for suspicious people, the Daily Herald reports. The call comes in response to the weekend shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that killed six people and the arson of a mosque in Joplin, Mo….
Foley Named to Head FBI Office in Detroit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert Foley III, a 16-year FBI veteran with a background of cracking down on corruption, will take charge of the agency’s Detroit Division to replace Andrew Arena, who retired in May, the FBI announced. Foley was named special agent in charge of an office that has been busy investigating public corruption cases,…
‘Plain Jane Bandit’ Suspect Caught in California After 8 Burglary Attempts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com She was brazen and elusive. But now the woman that authorities call the “Plain Jane Bandit” is behind bars for allegedly robbing six banks and trying to rob two others, the New York Daily News reports. Spotted by people who saw her on surveillance tapes, Sylvia Helen Garcia, 38, was arrested near…
Notorious Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger to Testify in Own Murder Trial
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious Boston mobster, plans to take the witness stand in his trial in March and explain that he received immunity while helping the FBI, his attorney said Monday, the Boston Globe reports. Prosecutors say the Justice Department offered no deal to clear Bulger of charges that he participated…