By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge has postponed an illegal Internet gambling trial to determine whether FBI agents went beyond the law when they entered Las Vegas hotel suites without a warrant and obtained information from the computers of the suspects, the Associated Press reports. The Jan. 12 trial date was vacated pending a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI raided the Puerto Rico headquarters of Doral Bank in search of evidence related to “several ongoing investigations” Tuesday following questions about the lender’s ability to meet regulatory mandates, Bloomberg reports. The FBI confirmed it collected computers and documents from the San Juan bank’s offices but declined to elaborate on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal agents raided a county sheriff’s office and fire chief’s home in Indiana on Monday, the Indy Star reports. Agents conducted the raids at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and the home of a Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department. It’s believed the raids are connected, but the FBI declined to discuss…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Police are looking for two armed men who posed as FBI agents while knocking on a suburban Boston apartment Saturday night. The Boston Globe reports that assailants said they had a search warrant and pistol-whipped an occupant who opened the door in Waltham, Mass. The assailants fled the apartment after striking…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has copies of the work email account of a fired Ford Motor Co. engineer who is accused of hiding listening devices in the automaker’s conference rooms, the Detroit News reports. The contents of the email account include files, pictures, drafts, address boxes, contact lists and calendar data of fired Ford…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA wasn’t barking up the wrong tree when agents raided a doggy daycare in Washington state. King 5 News reports that Arlington Doggy Daycare was selling heroin out of its business in Arlingotn. Busted was 42-year-old David Funk, who was charged this week with knowingly and internationally distributing heroin. Funk also…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A well-known preacher who rescues kidnapped children in Africa is the subject of an FBI investigation after agents raided his home and ministry headquarters, CBN News reports. Sam Childers, who last year won the Mother Teresa Humanitarian Award for his work, found out last week that agents combed through his house and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Be careful what you write on Facebook. In one case, the FBI has the right to access the Facebook posts of a woman who is suing the bureau over what she claims was a misguided 2011 raid, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Shaquel Adams must turn over pages from her Facebook account, particularly…
