FBI Monitored Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert, Records Show
New documents reveal that the FBI has monitored the annual Burning Man festival as tens of thousands of people gathered in the Nevada desert.
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Man Awaiting Death Penalty for Shooting FBI Agent Is Ordered Released from Prison
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man convicted in the 1990 shooting death of an FBI special agent has been ordered released from death row in Nevada, KLAS-TV reports. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du said Jose Echavarria must be released within 60 days barring the prosecutors willingness to retry the case. Du said then-Clark County District…
FBI, Casino Regulator Criticized fo Failing to Get Warrant for Evidence Seizure
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and a Nevada casino regulator entered Ceasars Palace posed as Internet repairman and gathered evidence against suspects in an allegedly illegal online gambling operation without ever consulting with a judge, according to testimony in the case. The Associated Press reports that Nevada Gaming Control Board Special Agent Ricardo Lopez…
FBI Investigated Armed Supporters of Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy are finding some more unwanted attention. FBI agents have launching an investigation into the April 12 confrontation between Bundy, his supporters and law enforcement, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. “I’ve said all along there has to be accountability for what took place on April 12,” Clark…
Sentence for Ex-FBI Agent Who Killed His Son’s Girlfriend Will Stand, Judges Rule
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former FBI Agent Edward Preciado-Nuno will still service an 8-to-20-year sentence for killing his son’s girlfriend in Las Vegas in 2008. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the Nevada Supreme Court rejected his challenge, which argued that a juror wasn’t impartial. The court disagreed, saying the juror had “demonstrated the ability to…
Most Dangerous States Are Not What You Might Expect
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Think of the most dangerous states in the U.S. and you’re likely to name places like Michigan, New York, California and Texas. They have large cities with reputations for violence. But newly released FBI statistics show the most dangerous states are Tennessee, Nevada and Alaska, the USA Today reports. You are more…
Special Agent in Charge of Nevada Office Retires to Head Nonprofit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Kevin Favreau, FBI special agent in charge of the Nevada office, has retired from the bureau to take a job as head of a nonprofit youth golf leadership program, the Associated Press reports. Favreau, 51, worked with the bureau for three decades. “I am still only 51 years old, and the new…
Lawmakers Upset Over Rift Between Reno ATF and U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three members of Congress are increasingly putting pressure on Attorney General Eric Holder to explain the U.S. Attorney’s dysfunctional relationship with the Reno-based ATF office, Main Justice reports. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada has refused to prosecute ATF cases in the Reno office, leaving as many as a dozen cases untouched…..