Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Patricia Ferrick, who served as the FBI’s public corruption chief, was selected Monday to run the bureau’s Connecticut office, the Connecticut Post reports. Ferrick, who began her career with the New York Police Department, is now in charge of about 100 agents in three offices. Outgoing FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Connecticut gun store that sold two guns at the scene of the Newtown elementary school massacre had more than 500 violations of federal firearms regulations, reports the Journal News of Westchester County. Still, the ATF allowed the store to stay open without yanking the license until after the shooting, the Journal…
Michael Mason is a retired Executive Assistant Director of the FBI. By Michael Mason For ticklethewire.com The recent mass shooting in Connecticut was an act of incomprehensible evil. However, in the wake of this tragedy we need to ensure we come together to present thoughtful and effective ideas to reduce the probability of such an…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Shooter Adam Lanza, who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, and his mom visited a shooting range before Friday’s tragic events, the Associated Press reports, citing the ATF. The agency declined to identify the shooting range or give more specifics What’s clear, according to the ATF and…
By Allan Lengel For Deadline Detroit During my visits to Israel, the idea of security was never far off. At the train station, at the bus stop, I went through a metal detector. An armed guard checked through packages and asked if I was carrying a gun. After Sept. 11, 2001, I thought the U.S….
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit During my visits to Israel, the idea of security was never far off. At the train station, at the bus stop, I went through a metal detector. An armed guard checked through packages and asked if I was carrying a gun. After Sept. 11, 2001, I thought the U.S. would…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Things are about to change in Connecticut. Following the Justice Department’s discovery of a pattern of discrimination in one town, law enforcement officials have announced they will ramp up efforts to crack down on racial profiling, Fox News Latino reports. Police Departments are supposed to track potential racial profiling by officers…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jason James Savedoff had an obsession with historical documents and folks like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. But it all seemed to center around money, not history. The 24-year-old New Yorker pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Baltimore to stealing historical documents from museums in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and…
