Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol Agent Kris Gungon was found dead in a waterfall while at a family vacation in Hawaii with his family, the U-T San Diego reports. The 31-year-old agent was vacationing with his wife and their infant daughter, U-T San Diego wrote. The four-year Border Patrol veteran, who was assigned to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Rex Scouten served 10 families as a Secret Service agent and was so popular that then-President Ronald Reagan named his dog “Rex” in honor of the Scouten. The Washington Post reports that Scouten, who lived in Fairfax, VA., died Wednesday at a local hospital at the age of 88. Harry S. Truman…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Los Angeles Police Department investigation into the death of a man while he was in the custody of the DEA has been virtually stalled because the federal agency has refused to cooperate with the investigation, the LA Times reports. After analyzing records, the Times wrote that LAPD investigators can’t determine how…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Coast Guardsman was killed Sunday and another injured when an alleged marijuana smuggler intentionally rammed into two agents in the waters off the Southern California Coast the ABC News reports. Four suspects were arrested, but authorities are still on the search for two others, ABC News reported. The Coast Guard was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent on foot patrol in Texas died Friday following a medical emergency, the agency told Tickle the Wire today. Foul play isn’t suspected in the death of Agent David Delaney, said Bill Brooks, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The agency is awaiting results from an autopsy to determine the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A preliminary investigation into the friendly fire death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Arizona found that agents didn’t lose radio contact before shots were fired, the Associated Press reports. The sheriff’s report eased fears that a communication breakdown led to the fatal shooting, as many had speculated. According to the…
Steve Neavking ticklethewire.com DETROIT — A Detroit Muslim leader was unarmed when authorities fatally shot him during a raid inside a suburban warehouse in 2009, the family of the man said in a lawsuit, a claim that’s totally contrary to what the FBI concluded, the Detroit Free Press reports. The suit filed in U.S. District…
