Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI plans to interview a 12-year-old boy who went missing before turning up in the basement of his home in a strange case that has gotten international attention, the Free Press reports. The forensic interview of Charlie Bothuell is scheduled for today. “Based on the outcome of this interview, the Detroit…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New CBP documents raise more pressing questions about how the federal government is handling complaints of abuse by Border Patrol agents, the Arizona Republic reports. The reports show that only 13 of 809 complains of abuse filed against agents from January 2009 to January 2012 resulted in CBP action. Of those, one…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Eighteen current and former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are accused of misconduct and abusing inmates in county jails, the New York Times reports. Feds charged the defendants Monday with excessive use of force and obstruction of justice at the nation’s largest county’s jail system. The charges follow countless…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is preparing for the potential abuse of tax credits under Obama’s health care reform, Fox News reports. Nearly 17 million Americans are expected to be eligible for federal tax credits to buy health insurance on the exchange. That leaves a lot of room for waste, fraud and abuse, Fox News…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com But one photo showed Bulger relaxing on a sofa with a Catholic priest who had been defrocked for abusing young boys, ABC News reports. The pictures were part of Bulger’s racketeering and murder trial as the defense winds down its arguments. Other shots include Bulger with NFL hockey player Chris “Knuckles” Nilan…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent from Mississippi was sentenced to 78 months in prison for possessing child porn on his government-issued computer, GulfLive reports. James E. Ward also will receive eight years of supervised release and a $7,000 fine. “The defendant in this case contributed to the abuse and sexual exploitation of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Detained immigrants were forced to sit in freezing holding cells without toilets and beds while their lips turned blue and cracked because of the cold, according to a series of lawsuits that makes numerous allegations of abuse against Border Patrol, the USA Today reports. The suits were filed on behalf of 10…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents have abused illegal immigrants and systematically denied them the opportunity to contact the Mexican Consulate, according to a report by a pro-immigration reform group, The Arizona Daily Star reports. The report by the Kino Border Initiative says one in four illegal immigrants surveyed said they were abused in some…
