By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A newly released video shows a car exploding moments after a Border Patrol agent shoots a Taser at the driver in California, NBC San Diego reports. The driver, Alex Martin, died after the car erupted in flames. His family claims in a federal lawsuit that the Taser caused the explosion. His…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A married FBI informant who was spying on Muslims said the bureau instructed him to sleep with women to get intelligence, The Huffington Post reports. Craig Monteilh, who was known as Farouk al-Aziz, was told to get “personal information” such as phone numbers, emails and friends in the Los Angeles area….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents raided so-called “maternity hotels” in southern California where wealthy pregnant Chinese nationals are accused of giving birth so their children can garner U.S. citizenship, the The Los Angeles Times reports. Apartment complexes, aka “birthing centers,” where the women were housed were scattered throughout Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino…
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…
