By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just days before President Obama was to visit Utah, an FBI agent’s sniper rifle was stolen from his car in Salt Lake City hotel, International Business Times reports. Police said the rifle was stolen from the agent’s parked car, where it was stored and properly locked down in a hard case….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has proposed numerous reasons to oppose medical marijuana – health effects, lack of motivation, dependency. But the latest reason given by a DEA agent may be the most memorable. Speaking to a Utah Senate panel about a bill that would allow certain patients to consume edible cannabis, Special Agent Matt…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI joined an investigation into who sent an email threatening “the deadliest school shooting in American history” if Utah State University hosted a speech by feminist writer Anita Sarkeesian, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Sarkeesian, a critic of how women are portrayed in video games, said she canceled the speech…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Utah man really wanted the FBI’s attention. Robert Zickella, 49, is accused of calling the FBI in St. George at least 112 times over several days, threatening agents and threatening to blow up the bureau’s office, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Zickella is being held in the Purgatory Correctional Facility…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 47-year-old Utah man has been arrested on allegations he was plotting to kill police officers and bomb a police station to instigate an uprising against the government, the Associated Press reports. The FBI said John Huggins, who was arrested Thursday, is expected to return to federal court Tuesday after he was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two former Utah attorneys general found themselves on the wrong side of the law. On Monday night, FBI agents searched the Utah homes of former Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff as part of an ongoing criminal investigation, Fox 13 reports. “We continue to work with our state and our federal…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and NSA monitored all emails and text messages in the Salt Lake City area in 2002 when the city was hosting the Winter Olympics, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Unnamed officials said the two agencies worked with Qwest Communications to intercept communications for nearly six months. Former Sen. Bob Bennett,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI agent accused of trying to derail an investigation into military fraud was jailed Tuesday pending trial after a federal judge in Utah said he violated terms of his release, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. U.S. District Court judge ordered Robert G. Lustyik Jr., 50, to jail after prosecutors provided…
