Ex-DEA Administrator Peter Bensinger For New York Daily News The announcement by Mayor de Blasio that the NYPD would not be making arrests for small amounts of marijuana is in defiance of federal law and the laws of almost every country around the world. Possession of small amounts of marijuana is still a violation of New…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An armed 36-year-old Jacksonville man climbed over the fence at the FBI’s Jacksonville office and demanded to speak with agents about someone following him, News 4 Jax reports. Avery McNight Jr. was quickly stopped by a security guard who also was armed and demanded the man drop his weapon. McNight followed directions…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two men were arrested Monday in connection with the robbery and fatal shooting of an off-duty Border Patrol agent while he was on vacation with his family, Valley Morning Star reports. Agent Javier Vega Jr., who was stationed in Ricardo, Texas, was killed following a gunshot wound to the chest, and his…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents arresting a Florida teacher at his home Monday made a disturbing discovery – thousands of images of child porn on his computer, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Matthew Graziotti, 42, a fifth grade teacher at a South Daytona private school and director of the school’s summer day camp, was charged…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As part of the FBI’s crackdown on people pointing lasers at aircraft, authorities arrested a Puerto Rican man Monday, the Associated Press reports. The FBI arrested Christopher Jusino Rodriguez in the southern city of Ponce after he allegedly aimed the laser at a police helicopter during a security operation. The green light…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent pursuing two men suspected of entering the country illegally was assaulted by one of them carrying a 45-inch wooden stake in the San Diego community of Otay Mesa, the U-T San Diego reports. Agents spotted two men leap out of bushes and run. While one surrendered, the suspect…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Roberto Carlos Perez’s first mistake was getting behind the wheel drunk. But his second mistake was maybe more perplexing – hitting a van with five Border Patrol agents inside and deciding to flee, the El Paso Times reports. Perez struck the van and drove off in his 1995 Chevrolet Corsica in El…
Controversy surrounds this video of a Border Patrol agent arresting an undocumented immigrant. The video was captured by resident Jose Guzman, who was arrested after turning over his cell phone video to a TV new station.
