Dozen-Plus Arrested in Spokane Crime Ring Bust

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com There were some big happenings in snowy Spokane, Wash., on Thursday, where FBI agents executed multiple searches and made more than a dozen arrests in the culmination of the year-long investigation called Operation “Old School,” reports KXLY. Multi-agency SWAT teams made raids that stretched across Northern Oregon, Walla Walla, Tri-Cities and…

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Feds and Local Cops in D.C. Announce “Most Important Weapons Investigation” in Recent Past

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A year-long fed and local undercover sting in the nation’s capitol netted $7.2 million in cocaine, methamphetamines and other drugs as well as 161 weapons, with 70 people arrested,  Clarence Williams of the Washington Post reports. In documents unveiled Monday, Christopher Washington–one of the arrested–offered handgrenades and a rocket launcher to an…

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Feinstein, Breuer: ATF Needs Improved Gun Laws

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) defended the ATF at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, reports the website Main Justice, saying the real problem is lax gun laws. “The number of deaths caused by American guns are up in the tens of thousands,” she said, claiming that 70 percent of guns…

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