Top Justice Department Officials Accused of Misconduct in ATF Case
Top Justice Department officials are accused of withholding information from a judge about irregularities in a lawsuit against the ATF.
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FBI: Fire Not Intentionally Set in Church Previously Burned by KKK
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities were immediately suspicious when fire broke out inside a black church that the KKK had burned down in South Carolina 20 years ago. After all, the fire came amid a string of suspicious fires at black churches following the shooting at Charleston’s historic African Methodist Episcopal Church less than a…
FBI Lab Lost Hair Sample in Arson Case Against New Jersey Police Officer
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Prosecutors may have a tougher time proving their case against a New Jersey police officer accused of setting a captain’s front porch ablaze because the FBI lab lost a critical hair sample collected at the scene, NJ.com reports. Edison Police Officer Michael Dotro was charged with aggravated arson and five counts…
ATF Searches for Clues to What Sparked Mansion Blaze That Killed 6
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF is looking for clues to determine what caused a mammoth fire that gutted an Annapolis mansion and is believed to have killed six people, including four children, on Monday. The Washington Post reports that two more bodies were found in the wreckage Thursday. The mother, Stacey Boone, posted on…
ATF Gets Tips, Surveillance Videos in Rash of Arson Fires in Ferguson
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF may be closer to solving some of the fires that were set in Ferguson on the night of the grand jury decision, CBS St. Louis reports. With a reward of $10,000 being offered for information leading to the arrest of an arsonist, the ATF has been fielding tips and…
ATF Investigates Intentionally Set Church Fire in Ferguson Where Brown’s Dad Attended
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF is investigating an intentionally set fire at a church where Michael Brown’s father regularly attended in Ferguson, Mo., the St Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The Flood Christian Church was among dozens of buildings that were torched following the grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who shot…
FBI: 10 Union Members Accused of Resorting to Violence Targeting Contractors with Non-union Laborers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ten union members in Philadelphia are accused of starting fires, sabotaging construction sites and threatening violence when companies used non-union laborers. The Blaze.com reports that federal agents arrested 10 members of Ironworkers Local 401 and charged them with participating in a “a conspiracy to commit criminal acts of extortion, arson, destruction of…
FBI: Man Accused of Burning Chinese Consulate Says He Was Hearing Voices
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fears of terrorism initially spread after someone intentionally set fire to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco last week. But CBS SF reports that the suspect, 39-year-old Yan Feng, may have been suffering from mental health problems after he told FBI agents that he was hearing voices in Chinese. Feng was charged…