‘You Might Not want to Do This:’ Trio Mugs Armed FBI Special Agents in Memphis
The robbery suspects didn’t know they were trying to rob armed FBI special agents.
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FBI Arrests Truck Driver Over Alleged Mass Shooting Plot at Memphis Church
The FBI arrested a truck driver accused of threatening to “shoot up” a Memphis, Tenn., church after saying he was haunted by “spiritual snakes and spiders in my bed at night.”
Lawsuit Claims Airpot Security Arrested, Assaulted Young Woman with Disabilities
A 19-year-old woman who had an impairment from radiation and the removal of a bran tumor was assaulted by security workers at a Memphis International checkpoint, according to a lawsuit.
Retired Counterintelligence Expert for FBI Dies After Battle with Cancer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joseph P. McMahon, who joined the FBI in 1967 and worked his way up as a section chief specializing in foreign counterintelligence, died at his Alexandria home earlier this month. The Washington Post reports that McMahon died after a battle with cancer. He was 72. McMahon started a supervisor of the political…
Stephen Richardson to Head FBI’s Mobile, Ala. Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Stephen E. Richardson, an inspector with the Office of Inspections, is leaving the mothership at headquarters and heading south to take charge of the Mobile, Ala. FBI office. Richardson began his career with the FBI in 1996 and was first assigned to the New Orleans Division, Lafayette Resident Agency, and later…
Aaron Ford to Head Up FBI’s Memphis Division
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Aaron T. Ford, an inspector at FBI headquarters, who has a law degree from Rutgers, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Memphis Division. As inspector, he oversaw field office and headquaters inspections, shooting incident review teams, audits, and special inquiries. Ford began his career with the FBI…
Amy Hess Named Head of FBI Memphis Office
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Amy S. Hess is leaving FBI headquarters to take the post as special agent in charge of the Memphis office, the FBI announced Wednesday. Hess most recently served as section chief in the International Operations Division. She joined the FBI in 1991 and was first assigned to the Kansas…
Key FBI Official Arthur Cummings Retiring: Head of FBI Memphis Office Coming to Washington
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A key FBI official, Arthur M. Cummings II, executive assistant director for the FBI’s National Security Branch at headquarters– which includes weapons of mass destruction, counterintelligence and counterterrorism — is retiring soon to work for a financial institution in Connecticut. Cummings, who has been an agent for 22-years, had…