Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Colombian court released two of six men arrested in the murder of a DEA agent, the Associated Press reports. Defense attorneys said prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence to hold the two suspects in the death of DEA agent James Watson, who was known as “Terry.” Authorities said Watson, 43,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Edison Burgos Montes escaped the death penalty but faces life in prison in the killing of an DEA informant, a Puerto Rican jury decided Thursday, the Associated Press reports. Montes was convicted in August of killing his girlfriend, Madelyn Semidey Morales, in July 2005. She was cooperating with a DEA probe against…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A DEA Agent may have his gun and ammo taken away from him after being arrested on domestic violence charges in Foster City, Calif., reports the Lagonian. Jay Anderson, a 29-year-old special agent with the DEA, was arrested on October 8 but will not face prosecution for the charges. He faced felony…
A federal prosecutor says he was fired for raising questions about a DEA agent. Is the prosecutor a whistleblower or is it simply an internal personnel matter? John Caniglia Cleveland Plain Dealer Reporter CLEVELAND — Several years before a grand jury started investigating Drug Enforcement Administration agent Lee Lucas for his role in a bungled…
