By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents raided so-called “maternity hotels” in southern California where wealthy pregnant Chinese nationals are accused of giving birth so their children can garner U.S. citizenship, the The Los Angeles Times reports. Apartment complexes, aka “birthing centers,” where the women were housed were scattered throughout Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man with a second-grade reading level and a low IQ was acquitted in an ATF sting operation because he was entrapped, a jury decided. The jury acquitted Alexis Davis on two counts agreeing that the ATF entrapped the man by “pressing” him to break the law. Had the ATF not encouraged…
By Brad Heath USA Today WASHINGTON — The nation’s top gun-enforcement agency overwhelmingly targeted racial and ethnic minorities as it expanded its use of controversial drug sting operations, a USA TODAY investigation shows. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has more than quadrupled its use of those stings during the past decade, quietly…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has arrested four American men after setting up a sting featuring a fake sex-slave auction in Arizona, the Wall Street Journal reports. Agents set up the sting after the men expressed an interest in buying sex slaves through an online Malaysian slave trading organization that the FBI had been investigating….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI rushed its investigation into Trenton Mayor Tony Mack because agents were worried the administration knew about the probe, the Trenton Times reports. A city carpet salesman, who was Mack’s fraternity brother, warned the mayor of an investigation, prompting the FBI to scurry for search warrants. “We needed to execute immediately…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A California lawmaker says the FBI raided his office because he refused to rat out two of the state’s top Democrats, NBC News reports. State Sen. Ronald Calderon, D-Montebello, filed a federal complaint, saying agents asked him to “sting” Sen. Darrell Steinberg, leader of the state Senate’s Democratic majority and Sen. Kevin…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Angry at a cheating spouse or jerk boss? While most of us would handle our issues without violence, others look for “hit men” for payback. Enter undercover ATF agents, who bust people who pay to have someone killed or injured, GQ reports. Reporter Jeanne Marie Laskas tagged along with one agent, who…
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