By Jeffrey Anderson An emerging crime initiative by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is deploying mobile street crimes units to small cities and towns in her state to tackle an escalating heroin problem tied to Mexican drug cartels. The strategy, quietly launched last year with the help of a $2.5 million state appropriation, is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former 12th Ward employee is suing the city and her former boss, Alderman George Cardenas, after she said she was fired for answering questions from the FBI about “illegal hiring practices and other illegal operations,” The Chicago Sun-Times reports. The whistleblower lawsuit claims she was illegally terminated after cooperating with federal…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Special Agent Michael Rees was so saddened by a newspaper article in April about a seriously ill boy that he sprang to action. The Chicago Tribune reports that the boy, Sammy Nahorny, was undergoing a unique high-dose radiation therapy for neuroblastoma, a deadly pediatric cancer that required the Nebraska child to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents won’t be charged after opening fire on a suspected gang member in Baltimore, according to a report on the fatal shooting, the Baltimore Sun reports. The decision was made by the Baltimore County state’s attorney’s office, which decided that the agents were acting in self-defense. Agents fired 19 rounds, striking…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com To address the growing humanitarian crisis along the Texas-Mexico border, Texas officials are dispatching more state law enforcement officials to the southern border as immigrant children are forced to stay in cramped, squalid conditions, the USA Today reports. Gov. Rick Perry said the plan is to deploy more Department of Public Safety…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Senate is considering a measure already approved by the House that would ban the DEA from using its budget to target marijuana users in states where cannabis is legal for medical purposes, the Huffington Post reports. The amendment to the Justice Department’s budget was introduced by Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, who…
