By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Jack Riley, the head of the DEA’s Chicago division, is headed to a top post in Washington D.C., the Associated Press reports. The 56-year-old, who has shed light on the influence of Mexican cartels on the Midwest, has been named the DEA’s chief of operations. The No. 3 post at the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has dispatched 65 agents across high-crime areas of Chicago to help crackdown on gang crime, Sneed reports. “This is a new tactic the FBI is using in fighting crime,” an FBI spokeswoman said, “by working in a concentrated area and a concentrated time on the street — although the FBI has…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Chicago is getting seven more ATF agents to help quell an outbreak violence, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The decision was made recently by Attorney General Eric Holder, who had met with the Chicago mayor. The Windy City now has 52 ATF agents. “They wanted to bring more resources to Chicago to combat…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert J. Shields, who began his FBI career as a special agent in Chicago, is the newest head of the FBI’s Milwaukee office. The Associated Press reports that Shields, who most recently served as chief inspector at FBI headquarters, officially began his job Monday. He replaces Teresa Carlson, who was moved to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com At first glance, Daniel Ramirez looked like a hapless taveller on crutches. But when the 21-year-old was on a train traveling from California to Chicago, DEA task force officers said he looked nervous and suspicious, The Smoking Gun reports. More alarming, his cast was “uneven in texture, size and shaping not consistent…
By the Chicago Tribune Editorial Page Chicago We all know crime fighter Eliot Ness brought down Chicago mobster Al Capone, right? Not quite. Ness spent the best years of his life in a hunt to put Capone behind bars, but he had less to do with the final outcome than legend has it. Ness retired…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com As the FBI’s Chicago office continues to make terrorism a top priority, the bureau is facing pressure to help quell violence in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. But Robert Holley, the special agent in charge in Chicago, said his office lacks the staff to adequately combat violent crime. In addition to terrorism,…
