North Carolina Judge Charged with Bribing an FBI Agent for Copies of Text Messages
A North Carolina judge is accused of trying to bribe an FBI agent to collect text messages between two phone numbers involving a family matter.
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FBI Task Force Tracks Down Prison Escapees Decades Later
Margaret B. Smith walked out of a state prison halfway house in February 1977 and never looked back.
Authorities: North Carolina Man Planned to Shoot Up FBI Because He Couldn’t Buy Gun
One of three men accused of building crude explosives and buying firearms to prepare for a violent confrontation with the federal government also wanted to shoot up the FBI after he was denied the ability to buy a semi-automatic rifle.
Fearing Government Takeover, Trio Accused of Stockpiling Explosives, Tactical Gear
Three North Carolina men were stockpiling weapons and tactical gear because they feared a government takeover and martial law.
FBI to Determine Whether Religious Hatred Motivated Shooting of 3 Muslims
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating the killings of three Muslims to determine whether religious or ethnic hatred motivated the shooting in North Carolina, WCNC-TV reports. The case remains under investigation by Chapel Hill police. The bureau said it “opened a parallel preliminary inquiry to determine whether any federal laws were violated.” So…
Head of FBI’s Birmingham Office to Retire, Spend More Time with Family
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After 31 years of federal service, Richard D. Schwein Jr. is retiring as the head of Birmingham’s FBI office, AL.com reports. Schwein said he wants to spend more time with his family in North Carolina, where his wife and twin girls live. “I have decided my family needs me more than…
Suicide or Lynching? FBI Joins Inquiry into Black Teen Found Hanging in North Carolina
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was a disturbing discovery – a black teenage boy hanging from a swing set in a trailer park in North Carolina. Was it a suicide or a lynching? The state has determined that 17-year-old Lennon Lacy committed suicide in August. But the New York Times reports that the FBI has agreed to…
FBI Offers $5,000 Reward in Search for High-Powered Guns Stolen from Agent’s Car
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of two high-powered weapons and body armor from an FBI agent’s car in North Carolina, WSOCTV.com reports. The shotgun and rifle were stolen from the agent’s car sometime between midnight and 8 a.m. Monday in the Hunter Oaks…