Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and ATF are investigating what appears to be three attacks on Arkansas’ power grid over the past six weeks, THV 11 reports. “We believe that anyone that intentionally brings down power lines could potentially put themselves at risk and certainly the public at risk,” said FBI Supervisory Special Agent Kimberly…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A group of three southerners had the idea to construct a large wooden cross, bring it to the yard of a local African-America resident of Arkansas, and light the cross on fire before driving away; now the three have been sentenced to 18 months in prison, the FBI announced in a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With the most modern of technology comes the most modern of crimes. Two men — one from Arkansas and another from California — were arrested Tuesday and charged in Newark, N.J. with hacking into the AT&T’s servers and stealing emails and personal info of about 120,000 Apple iPad users including such…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday nominated Christopher R. Thyer, a former state lawmaker, for the U.S. Attorney post in the Eastern District of Arkansas. According to a White House press release, Thyer has been a partner at Stanley & Thyer in Jonesboro, Ark., since 2007. Before that, he was a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON– As part of what seems like a never ending process of filling the U.S. Attorney posts nationwide, President Obama on Wednesday nominated Conner Eldridge to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Eldridge has served as a Special Deputy Prosecutor for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office of…
By Glynnesha Taylor ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Valerie Parlave, who most recently served as acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office’s Criminal Division, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Little Rock Division, the agency announced Thursday. Parlave joined the FBI in 1991 and was first assigned to the…
It’s good to see the Internet being used to crack crimes. We’ve seen it used too often to commit crimes. BY ADAM WALLWORTH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE FBI agents are going online to catch bank robbers. In the past six months, four bank robberies have been solved with the assistance of www.bandittrackerarkansas.com, said Steven Burroughs, supervisory special agent…
