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No Marital Bliss Here: Husband Accused of Burning His Wife’s FBI Car
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com And as if the agent needed another reason to get a divorce. The Associated Press reports that authorities charged the husband of an FBI agent of setting her bureau car on fire with her weapons inside at their Portland, Ore. home. AP reported that authorities alleged that David Powers, 44, set…
Two TSA Officers Indicted on Charges of Smuggling Cocaine Through Atlanta Airport
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two Transportation Security Administration officers were indicted Tuesday on charges of conspiring and attempting to smuggle cocaine through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Richard C. Cook II, 27, of Henry County, Ga. and Timothy G. Gregory, 25, of DeKalb County, Ga. were indicted by a grand jury on multiple drug counts….
California FBI Agent ’s Death Ruled a Suicide
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agent Stephen Ivens who went missing two months ago from his Burbank, Calif., home and was found dead Monday in a wooded area, committed suicide, authorities have ruled, according to the Associated Press reports. Ivens went missing in May, prompting a furious search. Investigators said Ivens was despondent and had feared…
Foley Named to Head FBI Office in Detroit
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Robert Foley III, a 16-year FBI veteran with a background of cracking down on corruption, will take charge of the agency’s Detroit Division to replace Andrew Arena, who retired in May, the FBI announced. Foley was named special agent in charge of an office that has been busy investigating public corruption cases,…
‘Plain Jane Bandit’ Suspect Caught in California After 8 Burglary Attempts
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com She was brazen and elusive. But now the woman that authorities call the “Plain Jane Bandit” is behind bars for allegedly robbing six banks and trying to rob two others, the New York Daily News reports. Spotted by people who saw her on surveillance tapes, Sylvia Helen Garcia, 38, was arrested near…
Notorious Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger to Testify in Own Murder Trial
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James “Whitey” Bulger, the notorious Boston mobster, plans to take the witness stand in his trial in March and explain that he received immunity while helping the FBI, his attorney said Monday, the Boston Globe reports. Prosecutors say the Justice Department offered no deal to clear Bulger of charges that he participated…
FBI Director Mueller to Visit Colorado and Talk to Agents Investigating Shooting Case
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The big guy, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is set to come to Colorado Tuesday, the Denver Post reported. The paper reports that his mission, at least in part, will be to talk to agents working on the mass shooting at the Batman movie in Aurora and thank them for…
Late Sen. Byrd Got FBI Documents on Civil Rights Movement
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, who belonged to the Ku Klux Klan in the 1940s and fought against legislation protecting black people, received secret FBI records about the civil rights movement in the 1960s, the Associated Press reports. Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat who died in June 2010, suspected Communists and others…