Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A sheriff’s deputy in Tennessee found himself on the wrong side of the law this week. The Murfreesboro Post reports that Rutherford County Deputy Louis R. Parra-Flores, 36, was busted following an undercover drug investigation involving cocaine. The DEA accuses Flores of attempting to deliver 7 kilograms of cocaine, the Post reported….
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com I was seated, facing Michael Lee Sprague as I interviewed him. We were on the same side of the table. As an FBI agent on the fugitive squad…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating a rash of telephone bomb threats to buildings in 30 counties in Tennessee, Reuters reports. Public facilities such as courthouses were shut down Tuesday following the threats. “There were no devices found,” Dayla Qualls, spokeswoman for the state Department of Safety and Homeland Security, told Reuters. Among the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Tennessee death row inmate has been denied access to FBI records that he says would overturn his 1998 conviction for the murder of a Memphis motel clerk, the Associated Press reports. A federal appeals court reaffirmed the FBI’s right to redact information under the Freedom of Information Act. The redacted records,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is joining an investigation into an alleged terrorist threat in Nashville, News Channel 5 reports. Amal Abdullahi, 29, was arrested last week on allegations she made terrorist threats to coworkers at CEVA Logistics, saying she was prepared to be a martyr for Allah and that nonbelievers should die, News Channel…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Could it be that someone has stolen Mitt Romney’s much-talked about tax records? Politico reports that the Secret Service is looking into a claim by someone that they were able to get tax records from the accounting firm of Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Franklin, Tenn. The person is demanding a $1 million…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is taking part in the investigation in what might be a series of hate crimes, reports WBIR. The investigation revolves around the vandalism of three churches and a former church in West Knox County The FBI has joined in the investigation of vandalism at three churches and a vacant…
By Dan Whittle Murfreesboro Post When former President Jimmy Carter came to Nashville back in October 1980, a stalker followed him with the probable intent of shooting the president, according to recently released government documents. “John Hinckley Jr. was in Nashville the same day (Oct. 9, 1980) Jimmy Carter was at Opryland Hotel and making…
