Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When Ed Hanko took over as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia office, he prominently displayed a photo of his father standing with about 60 other helmeted coal miners at a plant in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The weathered black-and-white photo on his bookshelf reminds Hanko of how hard…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The new head of the Upper Midwest office of the ATF said his priority will be getting violent offenders off the street, the Associated Press reports. Scott Sweetow, who was named special agent in charge of the ATF’s St. Paul Field Division in January, said…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The special agent who oversaw the FBI’s Seattle office cleared a hurdle in her discrimination lawsuit against the bureau Thursday, the Seattle Times reports. U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled that Special Agent-in-Charge Laura M. Laughlin, 55, can proceed with her claims of sex discrimination and retaliation, the Seattle Times reported. Laughlin…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mary F. Rook, a 29-year veteran of the FBI, was named the first woman to serve as special agent in charge of the bureau’s Salt Lake City Division in Utah, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The announcement Monday marks yet another big achievement by a female FBI agent in a field that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new FBI agent will oversee operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Carlos Cases, previously served as director for Latin America and the southwest border for the FBI’s criminal investigations division in Washington, D.C., will monitor crimes in U.S. territories from the San Juan, Puerto Rico office, the FBI…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has tapped a new Special Agent in Charge of the bureau’s Washington Field Office, the FBI announced Tuesday. Timothy Gallagher, who most recently served as chief of the Financial Crimes Section at FBI headquarters, will head criminal and cyber probes in D.C. and northern Virginia. Gallagher’s career as a special…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Kenneth L. Moore has been appointed special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville Division, the FBI announced in a press release. Moore has served as chief inspector in the FBI’s Inspection Division at FBI Headquarters since April 2011. Moore’s career began in 1987 in Little Rock. He later went on to…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Steven J. Bogdalek is the new head of ATF in Los Angeles, which includes Southern California, the agency announced. Bogdalek began his career with ATF in Detroit in 1987, according to the PR Newswire. From 2002 until this latest appointment, he served as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the St. Paul…
