Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 26-year-old Border Patrol agent was killed in a two-car crash on his way to work Friday afternoon in California, Imperial Valley Press reports. The Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the accident, which also killed a 43-year-old woman who has not been identified. Imperial Valley Press identifies the agent…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents accused of performing oral sex in front of a busy crowd at the Cirque Du Soleil performance in Del Mar, Calif. in May testified they did nothing wrong, ABC 10 News reports. The only intimacy was hugging and kissing, Kallie Helwig, 25, and 35-year old Gerald Torello said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Saying the FBI is more equipped to search for human remains, the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office in California is asking for federal help in the hunt for victims of the so-called Speed Freak Killers, the Stockton Record reports. Sheriff Steve Moore said Tuesday his office is inviting the FBI to take over…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An undercover California FBI agent is being accused of spending thousands of taxpayer dollars on prostitutes in the Philippines “for himself and for defendants” in a gun-trafficking sting and that “many of the prostitutes were likely minors.” The ticklethewire.com has reviewed the allegations in court papers that were filed on September…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI hopes to calm violence that has erupted after a pair of fatal officer-involved shootings over the weekend in Anaheim, Calif., LATimes reports. During the unrest this week, protesters have tossed rocks at police, ignited fires and damaged public property. Two dozen people have been arrested so far. The FBI will…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While Arizona and Alabama impose tough crackdowns on illegal immigration, California lawmakers are creating a bill that would protect many illegal immigrants, Reuters reports. California lawmakers are crafting a bill that would bar local police from referring a detainee to immigration officials unless he or she has been convict of a serious…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The legendary New York mobster Henry Hill who turned government informant, and whose life was the basis for the classic movie Goodfellas, died Tuesday in California. He was 69. Philadelphia Inquirer mob writer George Anastasia wrote: More than any other mob figure in the late 20th century, Hill changed both the perception…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The continuing clash between state and federal officials over how to handle medicinal pot in states that legalized it arrived in Sacramento again with a raid on a dispensary, the Sacramento Bee reports. Although the Obama administration pledged to respect state laws on medicinal marijuana, the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency executed…
