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Off-Duty DEA Agent Accused of Misusing Badge in Encounter with Noisy Neighbor
The DEA is investigating one of its off-duty undercover agents who is accused of misusing her badge in an attempt to get her neighbors in Texas to turn down their music on New Year’s Eve.
![Suspected Smuggler Arrested After Shooting at Border Patrol Agents](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Border-Patrol-arrest-via-border-patrol.jpg)
Suspected Smuggler Arrested After Shooting at Border Patrol Agents
Border Patrol agents came under fire early Sunday morning after trying to stop an SUV driven by a suspected smuggler of undocumented immigrants in Brackettville, Texas.
![Two Democrats Ask FBI to Investigate Trump’s Phone Call with Georgia Officials](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/kUuht00m_400x400.jpg)
Two Democrats Ask FBI to Investigate Trump’s Phone Call with Georgia Officials
Two Democrats in the U.S. House are calling on the FBI to investigate President Trump for pressuring Georgia election officials to “find” enough votes to overturn his election defeat in the state.
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Joel Martinez Is New Deputy Chief Patrol Agent of Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector
Joel Martinez has been named deputy chief patrol agent of the Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector.
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ATF Agents Rescue 4 Cats, 1 Dog While Investigating Kansas City Apartment Fire
ATF agents rescued four cats and a dog on Sunday while investigating a fire that destroyed a Kansas City apartment building.
![Nashville Bombing Suspect Wrote about Lizard People, Other Conspiracy Theories](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Anthony-Quinn-Warner.png)
Nashville Bombing Suspect Wrote about Lizard People, Other Conspiracy Theories
The suspected Nashville bomber shared his views about conspiracy theories in a series of packages to “acquaintances” around the country, the FBI said.
![Retired FBI Agent Who Processed Blackwater Crime Scene in Iraq Expresses Outrage Over Trump’s Pardons](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1565031955594.jpg)
Retired FBI Agent Who Processed Blackwater Crime Scene in Iraq Expresses Outrage Over Trump’s Pardons
By Allan Lengel Retired FBI official Tom O’Connor, who was involved in the investigation of the slaying of 17 unarmed Iraqi citizens in 2007, expresses outrage over President Donald Trump’s pardoning of four convicted Blackwater employees. “The fact that President Trump pardoned the Blackwater shooters is the lowest he has gone,” O’Connor writes in a…