By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com David Bowdich, special agent in charge of counterterrorism for the Los Angeles Division, has been named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2013. Bowdich, who is considered a rising star in the bureau, has been an agent since 1995. Bowdich earns the award for a variety of reasons. He’s well respected among…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who was sentenced to jail in 2011 for threatening to kill President Obama died in a shootout with police outside of a bank in Phoenix, Ariz., ABC News reports. Mario Edward Garnett was wanted in connection with a spree of bank robberies and the slaying of a police officer in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com You’ve probably never heard of Robert Ressier. The FBI investigator is credited with coining the term “serial killer,” according to an NPR feature on unknown stories. Ressier, who wrote a book on criminology, spent much of his career researching serial killers. “There are people that are pretty good at this, and I…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An American citizen arrested on allegations of possessing marijuana died in the custody of the Border Patrol, the Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities said the man “became incoherent and unresponsive”while in a holding cell on Christmas Day at the agency’s Campo Station in San Diego County. The Homeland Security’s Office of Investigator…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent who says he was abused by police when they responded to a report that he was threatening to kill himself is suing the Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and five deputies, the Palm Beach Post reports. Luis Rodriguez, 56, said law enforcement unlawfully arrested him and used…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com George Delaunay will never forget the suspect’s face. Holding a picture of the suspect, Delaunay followed the man through aisles at a grocery store in San Antonio in 1989, the Valley Morning Star writes. Delaunay realized he had his man – Rubén Zuno Arce, a suspect in the Feb. 7, 1985, kidnapping, torture…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Every day, thousands of federal law enforcement agents wake up, grab their gun and badge and a cup of java, orange juice or tea and go out into the world to protect the public and enforce the laws. Unfortunately, every year, a few step over the line — way over the…
