By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Buffalo woman is accused of using Twitter to make pro-ISIS statements and threaten two FBI agents. A criminal complaint says Safya Roe Yassin, 38, tweeted the names, phone numbers and cities of two FBI agents under the words, “Wanted to Kill,” the Springfield News-Leader reports. Yassin also is accused of…
Adam S. Cohen, an 18-year veteran of the FBI with expertise in terrorism, is taking over the bureau’s Buffalo office.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Perpetrators wearing “FBI” vests and badges around their neck tried to kidnap women in two separate incidents in Buffalo, the Buffalo News reports. The fake agents handcuffed the victims. Police stopped an SUV in which the perpetrators and a victim were riding. The Buffalo News wrote that the victim believed she…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Bagarozzo spent eight years stealing quarters from parking meters in Buffalo. By the time he was arrested in December 2011, authorities said he had stolen 800,000 quarters – or $200,000. The parking meter mechanic was sentenced to 2 1/2 ears in prison Friday. “When he went to work, half of his day…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Bernard Tolbert, the former head of the FBI office in Buffalo, is entering the mayoral race as a Democrat and will take incumbent Byron Brown, the Buffalo News reports. Tolbert, 64, is expected to soon file his paperwork for a campaign finance committee. A Buffalo native and FBI veteran, Tolbert has been…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Christopher M. Piehota, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Buffalo, will leave soon to become director of the Terrorists Screening Center in Washington D.C. , the Buffalo News reports. “To be honest, it’s one of the first lines of defense in our national security,” he said of the screening…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Everyday, people in federal law enforcement head to work, grab a coffee, maybe a donut or a bagel, comb through their emails, read a newspaper or website and go about fighting crime, protecting the public from violent drug dealers, public corruption, gun-related crimes, healthcare fraud and terrorism. But on occasion,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Everyday, people in federal law enforcement head to work, grab a coffee, maybe a donut or a bagel, comb through their emails, read a newspaper or website and go about fighting crime, protecting the public from violent drug dealers, public corruption, gun-related crimes, healthcare fraud and terrorism. But on occasion, something…
