Controversy surrounds this video of a Border Patrol agent arresting an undocumented immigrant. The video was captured by resident Jose Guzman, who was arrested after turning over his cell phone video to a TV new station.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A new documentary that explores the life of recently convicted mobster James “Whitey” Bulger premiered this week to a sold-out audience at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The New York Times reports that the film, “Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger,” explores Bulger’s life, his crimes…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas Louis Hughes, an FBI agent from 1961 to 1986, died last week at this home in Virginia Beach. He was 77. According to an obituary on the Altmeyer Funeral Homes website, Hughes, since 2003, survived amputations, surgeries, and numerous hospitalizations. “Through it all, his quiet strength of will and pleasant…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com What’s Ex-NY Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik up to since he was released from federal prison after serving about three years? For one, he’s back to running the Kerik Group, that provides security and countterrorism services internationally. He’s also pushing for prison reform. Kerik emailed a press release Sunday stating that he’s pushing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI receives more than 1,000 tips a year from information gathered from the NSA’s phone-surveillance program, the Wall Street Journal reports. Newly declassified documents reveal that the NSA averages three tips a day that lead to terrorism probes. “With respect to any information the FBI receives as a result of this…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Elias Acevedo Sr. said he doesn’t know why he raped children and killed two women more than 15 years ago. Acevedo has agreed to be studied by behavioral analysts who work with the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime pleading guilty to the crimes last month, The Columbus Dispatch reports….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama said smoking marijuana is no worse than drinking alcohol. “As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in southern Arizona following a struggle between the pair, the Associated Press reports. Authorities were tracking a group of people Thursday night on suspicion of being in the country illegally. While two of the suspect were apprehended, a third escaped. He was…
