NTSB Investigates Fatal Amtrak Derailment In Montana
The National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the scene of a fatal passenger train derailment that occurred Saturday in Montana.
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One of ATF’s Most Wanted Fugitives Was Arrested at Native American Reservation
U.S. marshals arrested one of the ATF’s most wanted fugitives after he spent eight years evading authorities.
Border Patrol Agent in Montana Admits He Asked For ID Because Women Were Speaking Spanish
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two U.S. citizens were stopped and questioned by a Border Patrol agent last week at a northern Montana gas station in the town of Havre because they were speaking Spanish, KRTV reports. Ana Suda, a native of Texas who lives in Havre, stopped with a friend at a Town Pump store…
FBI Probes $300 Million Contract With Whitefish Energy Holdings, Which Has Ties to Trump Administration
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI has opened a preliminary inquiry into the $300 million Whitefish Energy Holdings contract secured by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, which has ties to the Trump administration, CNN reports. The Montana energy firm was contracted to rebuild the damaged electrical grid that was destroyed by hurricanes that struck…
Stejskal: Discovery Channel TV Series on Unabomber Disrespects The Investigation’s Achievements
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. Stejskal was the case agent on the UNABOM bombing that targeted Michigan Prof. James McConnell in 1985, and investigated Kaczynski’s time at Michigan as a grad student. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com The Discovery Channel…
Montana Fights to Keep New FBI Office from Closing, Moving to North Dakota
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is urging the FBI to reconsider plans to move a field office from the state to North Dakota. “When the FBI was looking to set-up an office in the area, Sidney community leaders recognized the importance of having these resources in the area and stepped up to offer…
County Attorney in Montana Doesn’t Want DOJ Investigating Handling of Sexual Assault Cases
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An attorney for Missoula County in Montana is arguing that the Justice Department has no authority to investigate how local authorities handle sexual assault cases, the Associated Press reports. Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg even went on to say that the county is an unfair target of the DOJ’s. “For whatever reason we…
Mexican National Alleges He Was Raped While in Custody of ICE
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican national said he was raped by cellmates in a Montana jail while he was waiting to be deported, the Great Falls Tribune reports. “I want people to know what happened to me, and I want the people responsible to be punished,” Audemio Orozco-Ramirez, 40, told the Tribune through an interpreter….
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