Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John Bond thought it was odd for the old man to stop by several times a week, sometimes with gifts, to tell him stories. It didn’t occur to him that the old man was James “Whitey” Bulger, one of the most wanted men in America, Salon wrote in a lengthy narrative of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A judge may drop charges against an off-duty FBI agent accused of dropping his pants and making lewd gestures at a truck driver on I-90 in New York, WIVB reports. A judge said Wednesday that John Yervelli Jr.’s charge of indecency would be dropped if he stays out of trouble for at…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in the U.S. and Puerto Rico rose from 72 in 2011 from 56 the previous year, according to newly released FBI data, the AP reports. Of the 72 fatalities, most involved an officer trying to make an arrest. Most of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ATF agent shot and wounded two men in St. Louis on Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The paper reported that ATF agents and police were trying to arrest the two men when the shooting occurred. The men were hospitalized and one was in critical condition.
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Reasons to ‘Recall Roque’, the Mayor of West New York, N.J., seem to be apparent without visiting the website by that name. For starters, Felix Roque and his 22 year old son Joseph were arrested by the FBI Thursday for allegedly hacking GoDaddy.com, where the anti-Roque website’s domain was registered, reports…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Mexican authorities have arrested a high ranking member of the Zeta drug cartel in connection with the massacre of 49 people whose dismembered bodies were recently found dumped on the highway between Monterrey and Reynosa, near the entrance to San Juan. Reuters reports that Daniel Elizondo, the leader of the Zetas drug…
