By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a Los Angeles school district’s $1.3-billion plan to provide iPads to every student, the Los Angeles Times reports. Agents seized records from the district on Monday as investigators seek documents related to deals with Apple and the curriculum provider, Pearson. A grand jury is reviewing the case….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Plain Jane Bandit. Gone Plaid Bandit. Grandma Bandit. Anyone who robs two more more banks in Los Angeles gets a nickname, Vanity Fair reports. The idea is to help people keep track of the numerous bank robbers that are on the loose. The practice began in the 1980s when Los Angeles…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of a TSA officer who was shot 12 times and killed at Los Angeles International Airport last year is suing the city of Los Angeles for $25 million, the Los Angeles Times reports. The lawsuit alleges security lapses and delays in medical care. A gunman shot Gerardo Ismael Hernandez…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has a new special agent in charge of the Jackson Division. MS News Now reports that FBI Director James B. Comey named to the post Donald Alway, who began his career with the FBI in 1996 when he was first assigned to investigate drug violations in the Los Angeles…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Terry Wade has been named special agent in charge of the criminal division at the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, the agency announced Wednesday. Wade most recently served as section chief of the executive development and selection program in the Human Resources Division at FBI headquarters, a press release said. Wade…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security arrested more than 600 suspected gang members in what is being called the largest gang crackdown ever by the agency, the Associated Press reports. The operation, dubbed “Project Southbound,” involved Ice agents and local authorities in 179 cities, leading the arrest of 638 suspected gang members between March and April….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating two Los Angeles-based gang members who are accused of fighting alongside terrorists in Syria, CBS LA reports. A video shows two unidentified men shooting AK-47s while apparently giving shootouts to their gangs. “Look homie, check this out,” one man said. The men are known as “Creeper” from G’d…
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…
