By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One person was killed following a shootout between Border Patrol agents and suspects on the edge of a Native American reservation near Tucson, the Arizona Republic reports. Another suspect fled after the shootout about 10 miles southwest of Tucson. Border Patrol spokesman Vic Brabble said the suspects were armed and that…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent in Connecticut claims in a lawsuit that he was retaliated against after complaining that he was passed over for a supervisory position, the New Haven Register reports. Agent Kurt Siuzdak, a lawyer and 17-year veteran of the FBI, said the Connecticut office is dysfunctional and managed by fear….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Athens. Ga. man accused of shooting an ATF agent last month was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury, Online Athens reports. The suspect, 21-year-old Steven Maurice “Stevo” McKinley, is suspected of shooting the agent during a Sept. 30 undercover operation at the Airport Mini Mart. While planning to purchase narcotics…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent has been charged with assaulting a 14-year-old immigrant for having a cellphone in detention, the Los Angeles Times reports. Aldo Francisco Arteaga of Tucson was arrested Thursday on felony charges of assaulting a minor. CBP officials said Arteaga surrendered Thursday after Jan. 3o video showed him assaulting…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Colombian national pleaded guilty in the slaying of DEA Agent James “Terry” Watson, who was stabbed to death in Columbia, the Associated Press reports. Julio Estiven Garcia Ramiez, one of seven Colombians extradited to the U.S. for charges connected to the murder of the 43-year-old agent, pleaded guilty Wednesday to…
By Larry Wack Retired FBI agent The role of FBI special agent, Charles B. Winstead in the shooting and killing of John Dillinger is widely known today. The 1934 incident outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago catapulted Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau to the front pages during the “war on crime” and brought…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent was found dead in a workout room at a bay station in Michigan, the News-Messanger reports. An Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office report indicates Agent Scott M. Schoen, 30, was found on his back in a pool of blood at the Sandusky Bay Station. Schoen was not breathing and…
