Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who was sentenced to jail in 2011 for threatening to kill President Obama died in a shootout with police outside of a bank in Phoenix, Ariz., ABC News reports. Mario Edward Garnett was wanted in connection with a spree of bank robberies and the slaying of a police officer in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com We knew Johnny Carson was a comedian? But a brazen cowboy? In the mid-1970s, Carson found a live grenade with a threat demanding $250,000 in cash. If he didn’t deliver it, a note read, his family would be harmed, Showbizz 44 reports. So with the help of the FBI, Carson, who carried…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What started as a prank call ended with two frightened teens and a visit by the Secret Service. The teens, ages 13 and 14, acknowledged they made a threat to President Obama but had no intention of harming anyone, King 5 reports. No federal charges are planned, the Secret Service said….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One sure way to draw the attention of authorities is to threaten to kill all of the passengers aboard a commercial jet. “I’m from Afghanistan and I will murder all of you,” Arash “Ash” Durrani, 26, is accused of saying on an Chicago-to-Orange County flight, the L.A. Times reports. Durrani is to…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Pennsylvania dentist who seems convinced that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a computer-hacking danger to the country was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in prison for threatening an FBI agent, The Associated Press reports. The threats came after Gregory Heeb, an FBI agent in Pittsburgh, notified the mother of Anthony…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police are investigating rape and death against U.S. Rep. Todd Akins, his staff and his family, Reuters reports. A spokesman for the Missouri Republican confirmed the investigation. “There have been threats of rape of staff, (of) the congressman’s family and the congressman himself, and suggestions that people…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and Homeland Security are warning of concerns that anarchist groups may try to use improvised explosive devices at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC, the Charlotte Business Journal reports. It’s unclear how real the threat is because the FBI routinely issues similar advisories ahead of major events and plans…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Before unleashing a deadly attack at a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Colorado, killer James Holmes outlined his murderous plot to a psychiatrist in a letter, New York Post reports. The notebook detailed how Holmes planned to kill people and included illustrations, according to the Post. Authorities found the…
