By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s an embarrassing revelation about the U.S. Marshals Service. Devlin Barrett of the Wall Street Journal reports that the agency has lost track of at least 2,000 encrypted two-way radios and other communication devices valued at millions of dollars. The Journal cites internal agency documents, and notes that “some within…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Emailing may be hazardous to your freedom Brian Stacy of Los Alamos, N.M. was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sending emails threatening to murder U.S. District Judge John E. Conway in Albuquerque, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Authorities said Stacy has prior arrests for possession of an unregistered firearm and numerous probation…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Federal agencies on Tuesday tipped their hats to America’s Most Wanted, one day after Fox announced it was canceling the show after 23 years. “For 23 years, John Walsh and the ‘America’s Most Wanted’ team have worked tirelessly to make communities across the country safer and more secure,” Michael…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If you’ve got some extra doe, and you’re in to collecting things relating to legendary crime history, the U.S. Marshals Service has a deal for you. The service is auctioning off the belongings of “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski, swindler Bernie Madoff and crooked Democratic Party financier Hassan Nemazee. CNN reports that the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Marshals Service has becoming increasingly involved in apprehending local and federal officials, which may explain in part why its deputies are increasingly being put in harms way, the website Talking Points Memo suggests. In the past several weeks, two deputy U.S. marshals have been shot and killed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A U.S. Marshals Service prisoner transport plane taking off from Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday morning and headed to various stops, had to return to Oklahoma after experiencing problems, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Airport spokeswoman Karen Carney told the Oklahoman that the MD-80 airplane returned after…
By Allan Lengel, ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An investigator for the the U.S. Marshals Service in Washington finds himself in trouble and on administrative leave just days before Christmas. Maria Glod of the Washington Post reports that investigator Peter F. Rouse has been charged with making more than $1,000 in unauthorized charges between August and December…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday gave the nod to Michele Leonhart to head the DEA and Stacia Hylton to head up the U.S. Marshals Service. The approval came by way of a voice vote on both presidential nominees. The nominations now go before the full Senate for a…
