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FBI’s New Special Agent in Charge of Cincinnati Office is Angela Byers
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The new head of the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office has a rare opportunity. Angela Byers, who recently became the new agent in charge of the office, joined the bureau in 1986, just 14 years after the bureau began to allow women to become agents. When J. Edgar Hoover was the director,…
Richard Frankel Becomes Agent in Charge of Newark Division in New Jersey
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Richard Frankel, who began his FBI career as a special agent in the New York Field Office in 1995, is the new agent in charge of the bureau’s Newark Division, MyCentralJersey.com reports. Comey named Frankel to the position after serving in several different positions in New York. He fought organized crime…
FBI Searches for ‘Ethical’ Hackers to Help Combat Increasing Cyber-Attacks
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The level of sophistication of today’s hackers has made it difficult for the FBI to combat cyber-attacks. With attacks on the rise, the bureau announced it’s looking for technology experts – even people with experience in “ethical hacking” – to become “cyber special agents,” the Chicago Tribune reports. “Cyber permeates every aspect of…
3 Columbians Who Helped Kidnap, Murder FBI Agent sentenced to 20+ Years
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three Columbian nationals who participated in the kidnapping and murder of DEA Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogota, Columbia, on June 20, 2013, were sentenced to 20 to 27 years. The defendants had previously entered guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to kidnap and aiding and abetting the murder of…
Ex-FBI Special Agent, Wife Admit They Hid Cash Income from IRS
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI special agent and his wife admitted they hid income from the IRS. Pritesh Desai, 47, and his wife Darshna Desai, 45, both of Watchung, N.J., pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of conspiring to defraud the IRS in federal court in Trenton, NJ.com reports. The couple is accused of…
FBI Agent Who Combats Child Porn Charged with Assaulting Teen at Missouri Home
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent who works on a task force to combat child porn in Missouri has been charged with assault for allegedly choking a 13-year-old boy until he became unconscious, the Riverfront Times reports. Special Agent Scott Armstrong, 37, is due back in court Tuesday after pleading not guilty to misdemeanor third-degree…
Special Agent Leonard Davey Spent Entire 24-Year Career in City He Loved
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not many FBI agents are as lucky as Leonard Davey. Special Agent Davey spent his entire 24-year career tracking down criminals in the city he loves – San Diego. While most agents agents move around for work, the San Francisco native stayed in San Diego and investigated mobsters, corrupt politicians, law enforcement and…