One of two men convicted of carjacking an FBI employee at gunpoint and kidnapping him after they fled police in South Dakota in May 2022 was sentenced to 57 years in prison on Friday.
Three people accused of kidnapping an FBI victim specialist have been indicted by a grand jury.
A federal judge charged three members of the U.S. Marshals Service with contempt of court and obstructing justice over a dispute about COVID-19 vaccinations in South Dakota.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The boost in oil production in North Dakota has brought a lot of wealth – and crime – to the state. The FBI is responding to an uptick in crime by opening an office in the state’s oil country, The Hill reports. The bureau plans to fully staff the Willinston office…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has finally confirmed that a civil rights activist who disappeared while supporting Native Americans in South Dakota four decades was murdered, the Buffalo News reports. Roy Robinson went missing after arriving at Wounded Knee to support the American Indian Movement’s fight against the federal government. The discovery wasn’t easy for…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com South Dakota Homeland Security Director James Carpenter plans to retire after serving state government for 35 years, the Associated Press reports. Director since 2010, Carpenter plans to retire June 8. His plans? Hunting, fishing and spending time with his family, the AP wrote. The Department of Public Safety is expected to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Minnesota FBI, which also covers North and South Dakota, has moved. The Associated Press reports that the office has moved from downtown Minneapolis to a standalone facility in the suburb of Brooklyn Center, just northwest of the city. Features of the new facility include bulletproof glass and blast-proof walls.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Lawyers for Leonard Peltier, the American Indian activist convicted of killing two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975, want answers to help clear their client, the Buffalo News reports. They’ve filed a lawsuit in Buffalo federal court to force the release of 927 pages of FBI files. As part…
