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FBI and DEA Join Investigation of VFW Shooting that Left Three Dead
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI and DEA have joined an investigation into a shooting outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Florida after a third victim has died, the Associated Press reports. The shooting Sunday morning in Winter Springs broke out as members of the Warlocks motorcycle club gathered for a meeting at the…
Stephen Vogt Named Head of Baltimore FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Stephen E. Vogt, who last served as legal attache in Kabul, Afghanistan, has been named the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Baltimore Division. Vogt began his career with the FBI in August 1989 and was first stationed in Cleveland, where he investigated white-collar crime, public corruption, organized crime, and…
Arizona Attorney General in More Legal Trouble After FBI Says He Was Involved in a Hit and Run
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Unaware he was being watched by the FBI, Attorney General Tom Horne damaged a parked car and left the scene, authorities said, according to the Arizona Daily Star. “Apparently at the time, I didn’t think it was damaged,” Horne told the Daily Star. “I was told later it was damaged. I was…
Tests Results to Show If Jimmy Hoffa Was Buried Underneath a Driveway in Suburban Detroit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Was Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa buried in a driveway of suburban Detroit? Not likely. Tests of soil samples may answer that question this morning when results return from a Michigan State University forensic anthropologist, reports the Detroit Free Press.The analysis involves 4-inch samples of mud and clay and is designed to show…
Border Patrol to Open New $13 Million Station in North Dakota.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A $13 million Border Patrol is planned for North Dakota, the Associated Press reports. The building is expected to be 30,000-square-feet on 10 acres of land in Pembina, in the northeast section of the state. As the government wraps up the property purchase, construction could begin in a few months. The station…
Former FBI Informant Wishes He Had Chosen His Path Differently
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If Ronald M. Fino could do it over again, he would have chosen his role with the FBI a bit differently, the Buffalo News reports. Fino was an FBI informant, Buffalo labor leader and organized crime associate. Instead of being a paid informant, Fino said he wished he had become an…
Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots Mother of Five in Suburban San Diego
By Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com A 32-year-old mother of five in suburban San Diego is dead after a Border Patrol agent shot her while riding on the hood of her car Friday, Fox News reports. Family members and authorities disagree on what happened. Local police said Valeria Alvarado, 32, was fatally shot when she ran into…