Residents and local law enforcement have raised serious questions about why a Homeland Security helicopter was spotted flying over the area of Bad Axe, Michigan.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent is recovering from traumatic injuries after his ATV plunged over a ledge near the Rio Grande in Sanderson, Texas. Agents from the Office of Air and Marine boarded a helicopter and rescued the agent soon after the crash. “The safety of our officers and agents is critical….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a rare show of force, Border Patrol agents fired warning shots from a Blackhawk helicopter to stop a panga boat that authorities suspected was smuggling drugs off the San Diego coast, the Associated Press reports. The boat was spotted by the Coast Guard, and men were spotted throwing what authorities…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A rock launched from the ground struck a Border Patrol helicopter, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in a vacant lot, the Associated Press reports. Whoever threw the rock could not be found, CBP said in a statement. The two-member crew of the American Eurocopter AS350 were not injured when…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A father who flew a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol helicopter over a high school football field in northern Virginia has some explaining to do, the Washington Times reports. From the low-flying helicopter, the border patrol pilot dropped a stuffed animal that carried an invitation to the homecoming dance from his son…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com People pointing hand-held lasers at aircraft — an act that can temporarily blind or disorient a pilot — nearly doubled in 2010 compared to the year before, the FBI says. The FBI reported that in 2009 there were 1,489 laser incidents recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration compared to 2,836 in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Amid the seemingly endless stream of depressing news out of Mexico involving violence and drugs comes a little bit of good news. The Associated Press reports that Mexican Marines in the central state of Puebla on Sunday captured Sergio Villarreal Barragan, leader of the embattled Beltran Leyva drug cartel. Known as…
