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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Christopher Shaefer, who served as special agent in charge of the ATF’s Atlanta office, has been promoted to the position of deputy assistant director of the federal agency, the Manteca Bulletin reports. Shaefer began his law enforcement career as an officer for the Manteca Police Department in California in 1982 before joining…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Guessing the correct result and even the basic rationale of the Supreme Court’s cell phone case could be considered a minor achievement,…
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Guessing the correct result and even the basic rationale of the Supreme Court’s cell phone case could be considered a minor achievement,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Flights that were scheduled to begin flying Central American immigrants from Texas to California today to ease up on overcrowded conditions have been canceled, NBC News reports. What’s unclear is why the flights were stopped, said Ralph DeSio, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection. “This whole thing is in a very…
