Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Scott Heagney, agent-in-charge of the ATF’s Rochester field office, is the finalist for the position of police chief of Firchburg, Mass. The Sentinel & Enterprise reports that Scott Heagney was selected by Mayor Lisa Wong to replace Police Chief Robert DeMoura. Heagney began his career serving five years with the Franklin Police…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An ugly debate is brewing over the naming of the glassy new ATF headquarters in Washington D.C. The Los Angeles Times reports that many people aren’t happy with the Senate’s decision to name the new building after famous federal agent Eliot Ness, who helped bring down Al Capone. Opponents of the new name…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As if being an ATF agent wasn’t busy enough, Larry Wozniak has spent countless hours mentoring a boy who is now 17 years old. CBS LA reports that Wozniak was named Orange County’s Big Brother of the year for his time dedicated to mentoring children. “Sometimes you see kids that stray for…
By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial The deputy director of the ATF told a congressional subcommittee last week that the agency is out of the business of undercover storefront stings for now after embarrassing revelations in this newspaper that illustrated how badly botched some of these operations were. Thomas E. Brandon told the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee…
By John Diedrich and Raquel Rutledge Milwaukee Journal Sentinel WASHINGTON — After running nearly 40 undercover storefront stings in the last five years, the ATF’s deputy director says no such operations are now underway and that improvements in oversight have been made in the wake of botched operations nationwide. Deputy Director Thomas E. Brandon testified…
By John Diedrich and Raquel Rutledge Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ATF agents have lost track of dozens of government-issued guns, after stashing them under the front seats in their cars, in glove compartments or simply leaving them on top of their vehicles and driving away, according to internal reports from the past five years obtained…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF is under fire for botched storefront stings and other undercover operations across the country. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Inspector General Michael Horowitz opened an investigation into storefront stings in Milwaukee, Pensacola, St. Louis and Wichita, Kan. The agency is already under investigation for its handling of a controversial…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired ATF agent who infiltrated the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang is suing the federal agency for $10 million for failing to protect him, News 4 Tucson reports. Jay Dobyns, an ATF agent for 27 years, was investigating Hell’s Angels between 2001 and 2003 as an undercover agent. As a result, Dobyns…
