Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The search for a future FBI headquarters should soon be narrowed down to a short list, the Washington Post reports. Communities and politicians in Virginia and Maryland are watching closely as the FBI looks to build the largest new federal campus in more than 50 years. Once the list is narrowed down…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former minister in Virginia claimed earlier this year that his porch and car were set on fire, and the side of his house painted with a racial slur. The financially struggling minister, Olander D. Cuthrell, 42, said he was the target of a hate crime. Not so. Turns out, he set…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An FBI agent has found himself on the wrong side of the law. A second-degree murder trial is scheduled for Arthur “Art” Bernard Gonzales to begin on Oct. 16, Frederickburg.com reports. Gonzales, who has been working as a supervisory special agent-instructor at the bureau’s National Academy at Quantico, is accused of fatally…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A monthlong trial for a federal agent accused of murder in Hawaii ended in a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict, ABC News reports. State Department Special Agent Christopher Deedy is headed home to Virginia, but he most likely will face another trial, ABC News wrote. “Mr. Deedy…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — James Risen, a hard-hitting New York Times reporter, continues to have his feet held to the fire. A U.S. Appeals Court in Richmond, Va. on Friday ruled that the reporter and author must testify in a criminal trial of a former CIA officer accused of providing classified information to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Virginia friends thought it would be fun to test out a machine gun they are accused of stealing from the trunk of an FBI agent in Alexandria, The Washington Examiner reports. Jonathan Cowden, 26, a security guard and Nate Whilden, a music instructor, face up to 10 years in prison on…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The political future of Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell is at a stake as the FBI investigates gifts he received from a maker of dietary supplements, Bloomberg reports. The company, Star Scientific, spent $2,268 on a getaway vacation for the governor, $15,000 for catering at his daughter’s wedding and $100,000 on campaign contribution…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell after a campaign donor paid for catering and flowers at his daughter’s wedding, The Atlantic reports. The probes centers around whether McDonnell violated campaign finance laws when Star Scientific picked up the $15,000 tab for food and flowers at the wedding in 2011. The…
