By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
A Dallas FBI agent accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife and the head of the Dallas FBI, Robert E. Casey Jr., will remain behind bars pending trial, the Dallas Morning News reported.
The ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez in Dallas came Thursday after hearing disturbing evidence about Carlos Ortiz, 48, who has been fired by the FBI, the Dallas Morning News reported. The judge found Ortiz was a danger to the community. Ortiz’s wife is an FBI analyst.
“Its a very sad day for law enforcement,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma Ramirez said, according to the Dallas paper reported.
The paper reported that an FBI assessment concluded that Ortiz was “erratic and dangerous for years.”
The paper reported that the assessment or Ortiz was included in a dismissal letter Ortiz got on Wednesday from the FBI, the same day he was arrested.
“The letter chronicles allegations of spousal abuse and describes a 1992 encounter in which Dallas SWAT officers had to be called when Ortiz barricaded himself in his home over ‘job stress and personal issues’,” the paper reported.
The FBI declined comment, the paper reported. Ortiz had been on unpaid leave for months pending a probe into whether he assaulted his estranged wife., the paper reported.
Ortiz’s father and girlfriend said Ortiz is not a violent person and blamed the matter on the estranged wife, the paper reported.
