FBI’s Stu McArthur Leaves the Mothership to Head Springfield, Ill. Office

Stu McArthur By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Stu McArthur, an Inspector in the FBI Inspection Division at headquarters, is leaving the mothership to head up the Springfield, Ill. office as special agent in charge. He replaces Karen Spangenberg, who was recently named deputy assistant director of the Criminal Investigative Division. McArthur started his FBI…

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FBI Top 10 Fugitive Caught in Mexico

Jorge Alberto Lopez Orozco/fbi photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A triple-murder suspect who has been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List since 2005 along with such notables as Osama bin laden, has been captured in Mexico, the Associated Press reports. Mexican federal police caught Jorge Alberto Lopez Orozco in the Pacific…

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Head of FBI’s Las Vegas Office Steve Martinez is Off to Head L.A. Division

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Steven M. Martinez, the head of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division, moves further west where he’ll take over the FBI’s Los Angeles office. He replaces Salvador Martinez, who retired. “Steve’s breadth of experience in his nearly 23 years of service to the FBI makes him well-suited for this role,”…

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FBI Investigated Whether Anna Nicole Smith Was Involved in Murder for Hire Plot of Husband’s Son

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The star power of the late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith lives on. She’s making headlines again after the Associated Press reported that the FBI had investigated in 2000 and 2001 whether she was involved in a murder-for hire plot to kill her late wealthy husband’s son E. Pierce Marshall during…

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