By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Google alerted authorities to a Colorado Springs man who threatened to “hunt” and kill police officers in the comment sections of a YouTube video, leading to the man’s arrest Monday, the Colorado Spring Gazette reports. Jeremiah M. Perez was arrested after Google contacted the FBI Office in San Francisco. “SINCE DARREN…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa was considered a polished politicians and potential challenger to Gov. John Hickenlooper. Now the FBI is helping the Colorado Bureau of Investigations conduct a problem into Maketa, who is accused of having sex with three women and then promoting them to top-paying jobs, the Denver…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of robbing banks wrote error-free demand notes that prompted the FBI to dub him the “good Grammar Bandit,” the Associated Press reports. He’s accused of robbing four banks in metro Denver in less than a week. His letters were “perfectly typed, spelled and punctuated,” the AP wrote. The suspect…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI won’t conduct nationwide background checks on people applying to operate a legal marijuana business in Washington state in stark contrast to the handling of applicants in Colorado, the Associated Press reports. The FBI’s refusal to conduct the checks surprised officials in Washington because the federal agency does similar background checks…
By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com One of the most successful of the marijuana legalization lobbying organizations, the Marijuana Policy Project(MPP) announced its 2014 strategic plan and expects a “huge” year in passing state medical marijuana and legalization laws, as well as action in Congress to block drug enforcement activity. Twenty years ago marijuana was illegal in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com With the legalization of marijuana in Colorado, investors want to open up businesses to sell pot. Trouble is, they are reluctant to borrow money because of Justice Department regulations on such loans, the Motherboard reports. The Justice Department, which until recently was still aggressively pursuing pot shops, is considering easing those regulations…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Colorado residents are now allowed to light up marijuana – and the federal government is watching closely. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, people 21 and over were allowed to buy up to 1 ounce of pot, the Desert News reports. Colorado became the first in the country to allow recreational pot sales….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal agents are joining an investigation into a suspicious Colorado fire over the weekend that was so hot that flattened the apartment building and melted cars parked across the street, the Denver Post reports. The 11 p.m. Saturday fire broke out in an apartment building that is under construction in Glendale, which…
