By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A fed up former FBI assistant director yelled at Baltimore protesters and city officials, saying “enough is enough” during an on-camera interview, the Baze.com reports. Tom Fuentes, who also was a police officer, accused the protesters of a warped view of the world. “For the last two hours I have listened…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent was shot in the leg by his own gun Thursday during a firearms training in California, U-T San Diego reports. Officials said they still aren’t certain if the gun malfunctioned or was accidentally discharged. The unidentified agent was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The accident happened about 10 a.m….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John “Jack” Sullivan, 95, was one of the agency’s oldest special agents when he died on Sept. 23 following a long battle with cancer. During his three decades with the FBI, Sullivan worked in multiple locations. Masslive.com repots that Sullivan, who was characterized as a long grandfather, storyteller and admirer of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joe Ciccarelli, a retired FBI special agent, is taking over as the Huntington Police Department’s new police chief, Metro News reports. Ciccarelli got his start in law enforcement with the Huntington Police Department in West Virginia. “Joe Ciccarelli understands our city, our opportunities and our challenges,” Huntington Mayor Steve Williams said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent got into a shootout Wednesday with a man accused of an attempted kidnapping at a gym in southern California, leading to a wild pursuit by police, NBC Los Angles reports. The FBI agent, who was wearing gym clothes, intervened in an attempted abduction at an LA Fitness parking…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent shot and killed a gunman who walked into a bar and opened fire on his ex-wife and her new boyfriend at a sports bar in Illinois on Saturday night, the Journal Star reports. The gunman, Jason A. Moore, shot his ex-wife, Lori A. Moore, 33, and her boyfriend…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Disgraced FBI Agent John J. Connolly Jr., whose murder conviction was overturned by a Florida state court panel two weeks ago, won’t be released from prison – at least not yet. Boston’s NPR station, WBUR, reports that Florida’s attorney general is urging the court to reconsider reinstating charges against Connolly, who is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida state court panel on Wednesday ruled that former FBI Agent John J. Connolly Jr. was wrongfully convicted of participating in a plot to kill a Florida businessman in 1982 at the urging of Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. The Los Angeles Times reports that the three-judge appellate panel tossed out…
