Guns Used in Chicago Crimes Bought Close to Home

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Most guns recovered in Chicago were originally purchased in Illinois, not states with less-restrictive gun laws, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Citing a groundbreaking study at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, authorities said 58% of the 1,375 guns recovered in crimes in Chicago were bought in Illinois. About 45% came from Cook…

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Three ICE Agents Accuse Administrator of Sexual Misconduct

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three employees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have made sexual harassment complaints against a longtime aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, new court records show, according to the Associated Press. The employees accuse Suzanne Barr, the agency’s chief of staff, of sexually harassing male subordinates. The complaints range from offering…

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W. Larry Ford New Head of Chicago’s ATF

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com W. Larry Ford, a 28-year veteran of ATF, has been named the head of the agency’s Chicago division Ford. who had been in Chicago before, most recently served as the Assistant Director of ATF’s Office of Field Operations and oversaw a staff of over 3,000 special agents, industry operations investigators and…

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Said, kind of a big question

This will bring the total amount of customers restored to 600,000, which is 75 percent of those that lost power following Wednesday wind storms. Friday, 295,000 customers were without power Cheap Canada Goose, down from 340,000 earlier in the day. Power for a total of 800,000 customers across the state was knocked out at the…

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