The family of Robert Levinson, the former FBI agent who vanished in Iran in 2007, expressed some relief after the Iranian government changed its tone on his disappearance.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are searching for a “substantial” number of firearms and gun parts stolen from a government disposal facility in Martinsburg, W.Va., USA Today reports. Christopher Yates, a security contractor assigned to the ATF repository in West Virginia, has been charged in connection with the missing weapons and parts. Yates has…
The FBI’s search for four missing Pennsylvania men helped lead to the arrest of a 20-year-old man connected to the case.
A Border Patrol canine that went missing during a tracking operation in Arizona on Feb. 20 has not been found.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Retired FBI Agent Robert Levinson was kidnapped eight years ago this month while traveling to an Iranian island, making him one of the longest-held U.S. residents in history. CNN reports that the FBI has increased the reward for information on Levinson, who also turned 67 this month, from $1 million to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is helping search for a college student who has gone missing for four days in Philadelphia. CBS Philly reports that the bureau’s Violent Crime Task Force is getting involved. Supervisory Special Agent J.J. Klaver said the search won’t be easy. “It’s a real challenge,” Klaver said. “Looking for video…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s still anyone’s guess why someone would ambush two Pennsylvania state troopers and then shoot them with a high-caliber rifle on Sept. 12. One special agent with the FBI offered some insight into the suspect – 31-year-old Eric Matthew Frein. Frein lived with his parents and likely was unsatisfied with life, said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is helping search for a 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her Washington state home this weekend, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The parents, who took FBI-administered polygraph tests, said they waited a day – Sunday – to report Jenise Wright missing because she often wanders off in the fenced-in mobile home park…
