By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When it comes to capturing survivalist fugitives, law enforcement has a spotty record, Reuters reports. So when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett pledged to quickly capture Eric Matthew Frein, who is accused of gunning down two state troopers, some experts were naturally skeptical. Law enforcement officials believe Frein is hiding in the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI’s newest addition to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is Eric Matthew Frein, who is the lone suspect in the delay ambush of two Pennsylvania state troopers, the Huffington Post reports. The FBI said it’s not messing around. “When law enforcement officers are violently targeted, we take it seriously…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As anniversaries go, July 28 came and went with little notice. But Jerry Capeci, a mob expert who runs Gang Land News, noted in a story that the date marked the 23d anniversary of the day “when two young FBI agents standing at a shopping mall outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania made one of…
By Jeffrey Anderson An emerging crime initiative by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is deploying mobile street crimes units to small cities and towns in her state to tackle an escalating heroin problem tied to Mexican drug cartels. The strategy, quietly launched last year with the help of a $2.5 million state appropriation, is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The ATF recovered and traced more machine guns in Pennsylvania than in the past four years combined, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. The ATF issued the alarming report, which states that the ATF reported 132 machine gun traces in the past year in Pennsylvania. By contrast, the agency traced 110 machine guns between…
By Jeffrey Anderson An emerging crime initiative by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is deploying mobile street crimes units to small cities and towns in her state to tackle an escalating heroin problem tied to Mexican drug cartels. The strategy, quietly launched last year with the help of a $2.5 million state appropriation, is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an era of school shootings, sophomore Alex Hribal brought knives. The 16-year-old boy used two 8-inch knives during a vicious attack Wednesday morning at a high school near Pittsburgh, PA, stabbing and slashing 21 fellow students and a security guard, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports. “When I saw a kid bleeding…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Most people are wise enough to know not to threaten an FBI agent with violence. Not a Pennsylvania man, who is accused of threatening to kill two Philadelphia FBI agents and their families through more than 850 e-mails sent over just four months in 2012, Philly.com reports. Justin Michael Credico has been…
