Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent made an unsettling discovery outside of his North Carolina residence earlier this month: Someone broke into his car overnight and stole an M-16, shotgun, night vision equipment and body armor. Now the Charlotte FBI office is offering up to a $5,000 reward leading to the recovery of the stolen…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Disgraced FBI agent John Morris made a tearful courtroom apology Monday to the family of one of the alleged murder victims in the trial of accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, ABC News reports. Morris testified that he gave former FBI agent John Connolly information that ultimately led to the murder…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com One thing for certain: The Whitey Bulger trial in Boston is not short on drama and interesting news. On Friday, retired FBI agent John Morris testified that he signed off on several FBI reports about Bulger that were inaccurate or misleading, Reuters reports. Morris has admitted taking cash from gangsters and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A suburban D.C. jury on Thursday found a former FBI agent guilty of driving drunk and plowing into the side of another car, which killed a teenager and seriously injured another in Prince George’s County, Md., the Washington Post reports. Adrian Johnson, who was off duty at the time of the crash,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Thomas Blasingame, a former FBI agent who worked in numerous offices across the country and investigated fraud, a mass murder and the Ku Klux Klan, died Tuesday, the Athens Banner-Herald reports. He was 76. Blasingame joined the FBI in 1954 and served as a special agent in Buffalo, N.Y., Newark, N.J.,…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Barry Carmody served as an FBI agent for 33 years, retiring in 1998 having participated in some of Tampa’s most historic cases. Carmody died Wednesday of brain cancer at age 73. He is survived by his wife, two children, six grandchildren and, according to friends and family, some whopping stories. Among his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A retired FBI agent has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis announced Monday. Ex-agent Donald J. Sachtleben, 54, of Carmel, Ind., was charged in a criminal complaint, authorities said. He retired in 2008. “The mission of our Project Safe Childhood initiative is…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com The era haunted by first-hand memories of the JFK assassination is coming to an end. Ex-FBI agent James Sibert died April 6 in Fort Myers, Florida, from complications following a fall. At age 93, he was the last surviving FBI agent to have attended JFK’s autopsy, according to the Naples News. Naples…
