DEA Appoints New Special Agent in Charge of Omaha Division
The DEA appointed Steven T. Bell to serve as special agent in charge of the agency’s Omaha Division.
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U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Found Guilty of Lying to Federal Investigators
U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry was convicted by a federal jury Thursday of concealing information and making false statements to federal authorities about an illegal $30,000 continuation to his campaign from a Nigerian billionaire.
Off-Duty FBI Agent Prompts Debate about Guns in Nebraska Schools
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty FBI agent’s decision to take a gun into an elementary school in Nebraska has prompted debate about addressing the state’s gun law, Omaha World-Herald reports. A parent at a Papillion elementary school spotted the gun and asked the school board to clarify the law on plainclothes officers carrying weapons. Nebraska…
Young Cancer Patients Get Smiles, Honors at FBI Office in Nebraska
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com They aren’t your typical FBI agents. Then again, Sammy Nahorny, 4, Paul Hayes, 9, and Jack Hoffman, 7 aren’t your typical children. Diagnosed with cancer, the children were distracted from their illnesses at the Omaha FBI office, where they became honorary members of the agency during a mock swearing-in ceremony, the Omaha…
FBI Probes Photo Depicting High School on Fire
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The photo at the York County Fair in Nebraska was shocking. The manipulated image showed York High School erupting in a ball of fire with a hooded figure in the foreground. “They never seen this coming,” is impoosed on the image, reports York Times. Now the FBI is trying to determine whether…
Snitching for the FBI Can Be Big Bucks
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Being an FBI informant can be big bucks — even if you’re not the most angelic individual. In a murder trial in Douglas County, Nebraska, testimony surfaced that witness Jorge Palacios, a gang member, was paid more than $300,000 over five years from the FBI to help agents investigate drug trafficking,…
2 Men Posing as FBI Agents Rob Nebraska Man
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two men posing as FBI agents robbed a 31-year-old man early Sunday morning in Lincoln, Neb., authorities said, according to the news website 1011Now.com. Lincoln police said the man was walking down the street arouned 2:30 a.m. when the two men confronted him and asked to see his wallet, the website…