By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal air marshals should not be using gun ranges that aren’t proven to be led free, the top attorney for the marshals told TSA on Tuesday. The Seattle Times reports that a letter from attorney Lawrence Berger, who represents the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, was sent to to the agency…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent last week was wanted for murder, KMVT.com reports. Investigators said a man was crossing the border illegally in Sumas in Washington when the shooting occurred. “The subject refused the agents commands then assaulted one of the agents with an unknown incapacitating…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Laura M. Laughlin, the former special agent in charge of the FBI’s Seattle office before abruptly resigning last year, has dismissed her lawsuit against the bureau and Justice Department, King 5 News reports. Laughlin filed a federal lawsuit in 2011, claiming she faced sex discrimination and retaliation. “As the agent in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The new head of the Seattle FBI office is wiping off the dust of a 13-year-old investigation into the fatal shooting of a Seattle federal prosecutor after expressing “momentum” in the case, the Seattle Times reports. “It’s an ongoing, active investigation,” Special Agent in Charge Frank Montoya Jr. said during a wide-ranging…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frank Montoya Jr., who acted as head of national counterintelligence for the U.S. government, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Seattle Division, the Seattle Times reports. Montoya most recently served as the national counterintelligence executive in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Montoya replaces Laura M….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Laura M. Laughlin, head of the FBI’s office in Seattle for a decade, resigned abruptly Monday. The Seattle Times reports that Laughlin retirement was anything but routine. Laughlin, who joined the FBI in 1985, filed suit for sexual discrimination againt the bureau in 2011, claiming she was passed up for at least…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The suspect is accused of robbing so many banks that he’s earned two nicknames – the “Elephant Man Bandit” and “Cyborg Bandit.” Seattlepi.com reports that authorities arrested a 44-year-old Washington state man on suspicion of robbing 30 banks in the Seattle and Marysville areas in the past year. “(We’re) very elated,” Capt. Steven…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Things aren’t looking good for James Contreras, who was an ATF supervisor in Seattle. The Seattle PI reports that Contreras, 51, has been indicted on charges that he stole $19,700 from ATF from funds that were earmarked for undercover agents to buy guns and for informants. The feds allege that he…
