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Denver FBI Division Celebrates High Honors For It Forensic Laboratory

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Denver division received honors for its forensic laboratory, becoming internationally accredited, the Denver Post reports. Officials of the Rocky Mountain Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory celebrated Wednesday after getting accreditation from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. The laboratory opened in 2006 and allows full-service digital forensics, the Denver Post…

New Special Agent in Charge Takes Over FBI Office in Denver

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s Denver office has a new leader. Thomas P. Ravenelle, who most recently served in the inspection division at FBI’s headquarters in Washington D.C., has been named as special agent in charge of the Denver office, CBS Denver reports. He replaces James Yacone, who left in March to work for the…

Homeland Security Spied on Occupy Wall Street Protests in about a Dozen U.S. Cities

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A division of the Department of Homeland Security spied and kept records on the Occupy Wall Street protests, even when they were peaceful the Huffington Post reports. More than 250 records obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the federal government was keeping close tabs on protesters. “Taken together, the…

Andrew Traver Who Was Nominated for Director is Named Head of ATF’s Denver Office

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Andrew Traver, whose nomination by President Obama to head up ATF seems to have gone nowhere, is the new head of ATF’s Denver office. Before getting this new assignment he was head of the Chicago ATF. Traver began his ATF career in 1987 as a special agent in the Chicago Field…

ATF May Help Combat Denver Street Violence if it Becomes More Serious

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Disturbing trends of violence in Denver concern the feds, but it may not be enough to trigger additional resources from ATF, the Denver Post reports. B. Todd Jones, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, who was visiting Denver, said he’s disturbed by increasing violence from gangs and…

Colo. Fed Prosecutor Bob Mydans, 64, Dies While Snowshoeing

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A federal prosecutor in Colorado died Saturday while snowshoeing in the Rocky Mountain National Park, the Denver Post reported. Bob Mydans, 64, collapsed shortly after 3 p.m. and couldn’t be revived, the paper reported. “Bob was a rock, a true mainstay of this office, and never hesitated to take on difficult…

Hell’s Lovers Arrested, Appear in Court

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com If prison is hell, some Denver gang members may have found their soul mates. Members of the motorcycle gang Hell’s Lovers were arrested this weekend and made their first court appearance on Monday afternoon, reports 9news.com. There wasn’t enough room for all 19 defendants in the jury box, 9news reports, so…

Public Corruption Probes Up in Colorado, FBI Says

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It may not be Chicago, but the Denver FBI is now investigating more than a dozen cases of public corruption in Colorado, Wyoming and Indian country, reports the Denver Post. That number is up from three years ago, when the bureau launched a special hotline for tips on public corruption At…