By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI accused of stealing more than $126,000 in cash seized during drug investigations pleaded guilty Monday. The Los Angeles Times reports that former special agent Scott M. Bowman admitted he stole cash to fund a lavish lifestyle that included plastic surgery and cars. Bowman, 45, pleaded guilty to obstruction…
The seven-month investigation, dubbed “Operation Wild Wild East,” was carried out to capture suspects tied to drug-related violence.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — An officer on an FBI human trafficking task force was shot and wounded Friday night in the parking lot of the Detroit Marriott Southfield Hotel on Northwestern Highway in Southfield, a suburb just outside Detroit. A suspect targeted by the task officer was shot and killed, according to FBI…
An Amtrak was paid more than $850,000 to act as an informant for the DEA over the past 20 years, but none of the information that was received was new to the federal agency.
Margaret B. Smith walked out of a state prison halfway house in February 1977 and never looked back.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com This isn’t your normal task force. In fact, the FBI is calling it the Hybrid Task Force, and its goal is to pursue drug dealers and violent criminals, KMOX reports. “The task force has two focuses,” St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson said. “One is an interdiction piece that long term…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI teamed up with police to crack down on gang activity in Milwaukee, resulting in eight search warrants and more than a dozen arrests beginning just after dawn Tuesday. The MPD-FBI Gang Task Force recovered 10 guns, drugs and tens of thousands of dollars in alleged drug money, the Milwaukee…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An international task force created last year to combat cyber crimes scored an early victory this week, shutting down malicious servers that had infected at least 10,000 machines, mostly in the U.S., The CBS News reports. The new Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce, which is collaborative effort with the FBI, Europol and…
