Man Who Died After Shooting FBI Agent, 2 Deputy Marshals Is Identified
A body found inside a burned Kansas motel room after a shootout that injured three federal agents was identified as Orlando Collins.
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Ex-D.C. Homicide Commander Questions the Way Death of Justice Scalia Was Handled
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead over the weekend at a west Texas ranch, he reportedly had a pillow over his head. Now, the conspiracy theories are cropping up. Sari Horowitz and Lena Sun of the Washington Post report that a former D.C. homicide commander is raising questions…
Former FBI Agent Jailed After Bizarre Behavior While Visiting NSA, CIA
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former FBI agent who was angry about police brutality and said she was running for president, is expected in court today after a bizarre rampage that took her to the headquarters of the NSA and CIA. Tunisia Davis was arrested late Thursday and placed in the custody of U.S. Marshals…
Slate Takes a Look at What It’s Like to be a U.S. Marshal Through Photographs and Words
By Jordan G. Teicher Slate The U.S. marshals currently employ just 5,431 people nationwide, but they get a lot done: In 2013, the organization arrested more 110,000 fugitives, moved federal prisoners nearly 300,000 times, and cleared more than 134,000 warrants. Brian Finke witnessed some of that activity firsthand over the course of three years shadowing…
U.S. Plans to Auction Off Nearly 30,000 Bitcoins Seized in Crackdown on Online Marketplace for Illicit Drugs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. government plans to unload nearly 30,000 bitcoins – valued at $17.3 million – during an auction later this month after seizing the currency as part of an FBI crackdown last year on an illicit online marketplace for drugs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some of the bitcoins seized from Silk Road …
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Seriously Injures Knee Getting into U.S. Marshals Van
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — A new motion filed on behalf of convicted felon Kwame Kilpatrick indicates that he thinks he has plenty appealable issues and is innocent of the 24 criminal counts he was convicted of in March. It also talks about how he damaged his knee while getting into a U.S….
17 Arrested in Texas Syndicate Sting
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com It was a busy day for authorities with the DEA and local law enforcement in San Antonio Thursday, where agents rounded up and brought to federal court 6 of 17 suspects facing murder, racketeering and drug charges, reports Kens5.com The suspects were members of the Texas Syndicate. The indictment claims the…
President Nominates U.S. Atty. For Virgin Islands and U.S. Marshals for NJ and Va.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Obama continued to chip away at filling some law enforcement seats Wednesday by nominating a U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Islands and U.S. Marshals for Virginia and New Jersey. The president nominated Ronald W. Sharpe for U.S. Attorney for the Virgin Island. Sharpe has served as the interim…