By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent was shot in the leg by his own gun Thursday during a firearms training in California, U-T San Diego reports. Officials said they still aren’t certain if the gun malfunctioned or was accidentally discharged. The unidentified agent was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The accident happened about 10 a.m….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal appeals court wants to know why the Justice Department was targeting a popular marijuana dispensary after the federal government said it would not intervene in states’ medicinal pot laws, The Associated Press reports. “The United States government, the president and the attorney general and the justice department is largely…
A California man accused of trying to run over a Border Patrol agent during a high-speed chase has been charge with forcible assault with a Ford Mustang.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested and suspended after being accused of fatally shooting a 27-year-old Moreno Valley man in the southern California town of East Hemet, the Press Enterprise reports. Authorities arrested John Demery, 40, who is assigned to the Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector Newton-Azrak Station in…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Plain Jane Bandit. Gone Plaid Bandit. Grandma Bandit. Anyone who robs two more more banks in Los Angeles gets a nickname, Vanity Fair reports. The idea is to help people keep track of the numerous bank robbers that are on the loose. The practice began in the 1980s when Los Angeles…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A fisherman’s catch in a drought-dry dam at Castaic Lake in California was quite the surprise. Instead of pulling out a fish, the Castaic man reeled in a bag containing a gun and badge issued to an ATF agent, CBSLA.com reports. The water line has receded 151 feet, the Los Angeles…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. immigration officer who accepted bribes of cash and egg rolls from people seeking citizenship and green cards was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in federal prison last week, Fox News reports. Mai Nhu Nguyen, 48, an officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Santa Ana, Calif., pleaded guilty to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A key FBI agent who helped nab a state senator and 19 others lavished his targets with tens of thousands of dollars, lawyers for one of the defendants argued last week. The Associated Press reports that the agent was removed from the case over financial improprieties. One of the defendant’s lawyers called…
