Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 35-year-old investigator assigned to the DEA office in Birmingham, Ala. announced he’s running for sheriff in the Alabama county of Cullman, where he also served as head of the Cullman Narcotics Enforcement Team, the Cullman Times reports. Matt Gentry is running as a Republican to replace incumbent Mike Rainey in the…
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….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com David Bowdich, special agent in charge of counterterrorism for the Los Angeles Division, has been named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2013. Bowdich, who is considered a rising star in the bureau, has been an agent since 1995. Bowdich earns the award for a variety of reasons. He’s well respected among…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Patrick Moen, a 36-year-old former DEA supervisor, took quite a turn in his career path, the Atlantic reports. Yes, Moen may have recently led a team that fought against methamphetamine and heroin dealers in Portland. But that’s the past. Moen has become the in-house lawyer for Privateer Holdings Inc., a private equity…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who ordered the kidnapping, torture and killing of DEA agent Enrique Camarena in 1985, has stashed billion of dollars in secret overseas accounts, an ex-DEA agent claims. “Caro Quintero had billions of dollars stashed in secret bank accounts in Luxembourg and in Switzerland,” former DEA agent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The NSA’s deputy director has expressed skepticism about giving the FBI, DEA and other law enforcement access to the agency’s troves of data, the Guardian reports. NSA’s top civilian, John C. Inglis, said he was unaware of a Senate bill that would allow some law enforcement to search directly through the NSA’s…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court, the DEA announced. D.C. Superior Senior Judge Robert S. Tignor placed Radel on one year of probation. The DEA press release said if the probation is successfully completed, the Court could…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel faces up to six months in jail after he was busted for cocaine possession in a joint sting by the FBI and DEA, authorities announced Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The 37-year-old freshman lawmaker said he made an “extremely terrible choice” and has been struggling with alcoholism….
