By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joe Ciccarelli, a retired FBI special agent, is taking over as the Huntington Police Department’s new police chief, Metro News reports. Ciccarelli got his start in law enforcement with the Huntington Police Department in West Virginia. “Joe Ciccarelli understands our city, our opportunities and our challenges,” Huntington Mayor Steve Williams said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the first snipers on the scene at the deadly Waco clash in Texas was Wendel Frost, an ATF agent at the time. Now that he’s retired, Frost, who now lives in Cleveland, can speak openly about the controversial raid in 1993. Frost said he was frustrated with new coverage that…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Walter S. “Bud” Flalkewicz, a retired DEA agent supervisor, died of a heart attack Aug. 28, the Baltimore Sun reports. Flalkewicz, who was 86, died at his grandson’s house in Florida. A former Army reserve who obtained the rank of major, Flalkewicz earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Baltimore…
This mistake certainly doesn’t negate all the work that was done to round up this massive gang. Nonetheless, it is an embarrassment, and a big one. By Scott Glover Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — As Ramon Huerta stood shirtless and shivering in the frontyard of the Pico Rivera house he’s called home for more…
