By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are searching for a convicted drug lord who was released from prison after killing a DEA agent following a recent decision by a Mexican court, the Associated Press reports. The Mexican Supreme Court pressured a lower court to reverse the decision to release Rafael Caro Quintero in August 2013 after…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent’s ability to steal heroin from an evidence room without being detected suspicions for at least 14 months raises serious questions about the bureau’s checks and balances, the Washington Post reports. By his own admission, Mathew Lowry repeatedly stole heroin from the evidence room at the FBI’s field office…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent who laundered drug money was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday, the Arizona Daily Star. Raimundo Borjas was convicted of money laundering after trying to conceal $61,600 in deposits. After he’s released from prison, Borjas was ordered to spend three years of supervision and to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New York man accused of stalking and threatening a Pittsburgh FBI agent who was investigating his cousin was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Ohio, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Ron Bergin will be in court Thursday to determine if he will be detained until trial to avoid placing…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether one of its agents acted inappropriately when he fatally shot a dog that he said was attacking his smaller canine in Glen Burnie, Maryland, ABC News reports. The incident happened Friday after Carol Feldhaus said she was walking her Great Dane with her 4-year-old grandson when…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA agent has turned himself in after his estranged wife was found dead in a parked van Monday in Florida, the New York Daily News reports. Herve Placide, 49, was arrested Monday following the discovery of his wife in a Walgreens Parking lot in Poinciana, Fla. Placide is considered a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Davis, a 25-year veteran of the FBI who headed the Denver office and served in Afghanistan and Iraq, said the brutal interrogation techniques outlined by the Senate’s torture report were appropriate to keep the U.S. safe. “In the FBI, we build relationships on a rapport with the detainees that’s built…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent accused of fatally shooting a 27-year-old man following an argument last month pleaded not guilty Wednesday, CBSLA.com reports. John Richard Demery, 40, is charged in the killing of Adam Thomas in an early morning dispute. Demery was off-duty at the time. Prosecutors said the confrontation may have…
