By James F. McCarty The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND — FBI Agent Christine Oliver’s introduction to Cleveland, where she would play a significant role in the biggest public corruption case in Ohio history, began inauspiciously. Before graduating from the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., Oliver and the rest of the class of 1997 participated in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A bagage inspector for the Transportation Security Administration was fatally shot by her husband Sunday morning in a murder-suicide at the Cleveland airport, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported. The shooting took place in the employee parking lot of the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the paper reported. The paper identified the TSA…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Douglas Wright first caught the attention of the FBI when he began to advocate violence as a tactic for the Occupy movement, the Indy Star reports as part of an in-depth look at how the drifter turned into a terrorist intent on blowing up a bridge that crosses the Cuyahoga River into…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A college professor who helped the FBI investigate mortgage fraud cases was indicted Thursday for running a similar scam, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Paul Tomko, an adjunct professor Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio, faces eight counts of fraud and conspiracy and making false statements to his probation officer. Tomko, 39, told…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has busted five men — three of whom are self-described anarchists — on suspicion of conspiring to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, the Justice Department announced Tuesday morning. The men plotted to blow up a Route 82 bridge at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, authorities said in a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Keith Slotter, who has headed the FBI’s San Diego office since 2007, and who once headed the Sacramento office, is retiring at the end of March to join the private sector. Slotter, who was an accountant before joining the FBI, has been with the bureau for the past 25 years. He…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is continuing an investigation into an anthrax scare in Cleveland, reports WDEF.com. On Wednesday afternoon a letter containing white powder was found addressed to the Bradley County Circuit Court’s Office, but a mobile testing unit determined the substance was just talcum powder, according to WDEF. No one is sick…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Clifford Cousins will not be out on good behvior any time soon. The 41-year-old prison inmate, already serving time for murder, arson and robbery–he was once accused of threatening President George Bush–is facing new charges of threatening a federal judge in northeast Ohio. Cousins, also known as Abdullah Jihad Al-Malik, was…
