By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A New York man accused of attacking an FBI agent with a large kitchen knife has been charged with attempted murder of a federal employee, CNN reports. Fareed Mumini, 21, allegedly tried to stab the agent several times during a search of a Staten Island home in connection to a terrorism…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent is accused of bankrolling his lavish lifestyle with money seized from drug dealers. Scott M. Bowman, 44, has been charged with stealing more than $100,000 confiscated from suspected drug dealers, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reports. Bowman is accused of spending…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of a violent criminal street gang in New Jersey were arrested after federal authorities said at least one of them was plotting to murder an FBI plot, WABC reports. A state, local and federal investigation culminated in the arrests of 71 people allegedly connected to the Grape Street Crips gang….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Trouble continues for the embattled Secret Service. This time an off-duty officer from the Uniformed Division was arrested Friday in Washington D.C., The USA Today reports. It wasn’t immediately clear what the agent is accused of doing, but he will be charged with one misdemeanor account of detraction of property. The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s being billed as one of the largest crackdowns on gangs. Federal agents arrested about 1,000 accused gang members across 282 cities in the past few months, The Christian Science Monitor reports. The six-week crackdown, “Project Wildfire,” involved 239 gangs. Project Wildfire is “one of the largest operations we’ve ever conducted…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of sexually assaulting a child, MySanAntonio.com reports. Luis Angel Lozada, 28, is out of jail on a $750,000 bond Saturday. Lozada has worked for Border Patrol since 2009. Details of the allegations weren’t immediately clear, but the crimes allegedly occurred in El Paso….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor accused of hiding a camera in a women’s bathroom is expected to be officially charged today following a federal investigation. Reuters reports that Armando Gonzalez, 46, was arrested and is being held on charges that are expected to be unsealed today. Gonzalez is accused of installing…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent is in hot water after he was accused of beating another man in the parking lot of a bar with a motorcycle helmet because of an argument over a Dallas Cowboys game, Valley Central reports. Hector David Arredondo, 42, was arrested on an aggravated assault charge on…
