By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department criticized the DEA for the lax discipline of agents who detained a San Diego college student and left him without food or water for five days, NPR reports. Daniel Chong was handcuffed and left in a dark room during the 2012 detention in which he tried to stay…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI terrorism investigation netted six arrests in Minneapolis and San Diego on Sunday. Information was murky early Monday, but a press conference later in the day is expected to shed light on the charges and allegations. “There is no threat to public safety,” Ben Petok, spokesman for U.S. Attorney Andy…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol supervisor accused of hiding a video camera in the women’s bathroom at the agency’s station in San Diego pleaded not guilty Thursday. U-T San Diego reports that Armando Gonzalez, 46, pleaded not guilty to 19 counts related to the camera. Authorities said at least a dozen women were…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor accused of hiding a camera in a women’s bathroom is expected to be officially charged today following a federal investigation. Reuters reports that Armando Gonzalez, 46, was arrested and is being held on charges that are expected to be unsealed today. Gonzalez is accused of installing…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Enhancements at a San Diego park have caused an unusual rift between the Border Patrol union and city park officials. NBC San Diego reports that wooden bollards were placed around the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park in 2013 to prevent cars from driving into the park. But those roadblocks are now impeding…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a rare show of force, Border Patrol agents fired warning shots from a Blackhawk helicopter to stop a panga boat that authorities suspected was smuggling drugs off the San Diego coast, the Associated Press reports. The boat was spotted by the Coast Guard, and men were spotted throwing what authorities…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com David Bowdich is moving up. The special agent in charge of Counterterrorism in the FBI’s Los Angeles office has been named the assistant director in charge. Bowdich, who was named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year in 2013, had served as the SAC since 2012. Bowdich became an agent in 1995 and…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A lot less marijuana was seized this fiscal year by the U.S. Border Patrol in San Diego, but the agency has seen a sizable increase in the amount of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin confiscated, KPBS reports. Leaders at the San Diego sector said the seizures represent a tighter security. “I am…
