Former Army Sniper Sentenced to 20 Years for Conspiring to Kill DEA Agent
A former U.S. Army sniper instructor accused of conspiring in a plot to kill a DEA agent was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison.
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German Sniper Sentenced to 20 Years for Plot to Kill DEA Agent, Informant
A German sniper who plotted to assassinate a federal DEA agent was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday.
Army Sniper Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Murder DEA Agent, Informant
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former U.S. Army sniper has pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder a DEA agent and an informant. Joseph Hunter, 49, and five others were arrested in September 2013 after they were recorded plotting to kill a DEA agent and informant in Liberia for $800,000, International Business Times reports. Hunter was…
Walter R. Walsh, Former FBI Agent, Olympian and Marine Corps Sniper, Died at 106
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Walter R. Walsh chased gangsters as an FBI agent in the 1930s before becoming the longest-lived Olympian. He died at 106 at his home in Arlington, Va., the Associated Press reports. Walsh also trained Marine Corps snipers. In 1934, Walsh joined the FBI and began pursuing gangsters. His efforts led to the…
Wanted: More Than 140,000 Rounds of Sniper Ammunition for Homeland Security
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security is in on a shopping spree for more than 140,000 rounds of sniper ammunition, Inforwars.com reports. The department is looking for 141,160 rounds of Hornady .308 Winchester 168gr A-MAX TAP ammunition. The cost per round – $1.20. It’s unclear why the department wants so many rounds of ammunition because the bullets…
ATF Sniper Recalls News Coverage of Deadly Waco Raid in Texas Two Decades LAter
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…
Former Army Snipers Arrested in Alleged Plan to Assassinate DEA Agent
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two former U.S. Army snipers and a retired sharpshooter planned to assassinate a DEA agent and an informant in Africa, the Justice Department announced, reports the USA Today. The murders-for-hire were part of a bold plan to fly hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to the U.S., the federal government alleges….
Lee Boyd Malvo, 10 years After D.C. Area Sniper Shootings: ‘I Was a Monster’
By Josh White Washington Post Lee Boyd Malvo said he remembers each of the sniper shootings in detail. But one moment — one image — stands out among the carnage of that terrifying time 10 years ago: “Mr. Franklin’s eyes.” Malvo remembers being in the blue Chevrolet Caprice, in which police found binoculars and…
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