A Homeland Security analyst who carried a gun, knife, handcuffs, pepper spray and an infrared camera into the agency’s headquarters in June pleaded guilty Wednesday to making illegal silencers.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Homeland Security supervisor is accused of using his government-issued credit card to gamble at a West Virginia casino. WHAG News reports that Gene Protogiannis, 55, of Virginia, has been indicted on 45 counts of wire fraud for allegedly using his card in 2013 to obtain cash advances at the Hollywood…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The training coordinator for the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security was shot in the chest and was in critical condition as of late Monday, the West Virginia Gazette reports. Frank Kennedy was found at his home near Charleston where he apparently shot himself intentionally. Kennedy underwent surgery Sunday night and remained…
By Dana Milbank Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON — The gun bill was going down, but Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who reached a compromise to try to save it, went to the Senate floor Wednesday morning to give it one more try. In an unorthodox tactic, he appealed directly to the woman taking…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The massive coal mining company that reached an agreement six months ago to avoid federal charges over the 2010 mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 workers has significantly reduced accident and injury rates, the Associated Press reports. Alpha Natural Resources also is breaking ground on an $18 million training center…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous that obtained the personal information of some West Virginia police officers and posted the information online, in what the hackers called a warning against police brutality, reports ABC. The group of hackers, referred to as the CabinCr3w by the West Virginia…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s good to have an entrepreneurial spirit, but not if it involves thievery. Timothy Nathan Todd, 41, of Huntington, W. Va. pleaded guilty this week in federal court to selling an ATF badge to an informant working for the local ATF task force last October, according to the Huntington News. He…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI Agents spread out across West Virginia on Tuesday night to question employees of the state Treasurer John Perdue about $1,000 campaign contributions made to his unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial primary campaign last spring, reports the Charleston Gazette. “A number of individuals are being interviewed this evening,” U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin…
