By Steve Neavling The FBI said Thursday that it had thwarted a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ahead of the presidential election, leading to charges against 13 men who are accused of planing to attack law enforcement, overthrow the government and instigate a civil war. The extraordinary plot involved months of planning that…
A man accused to trying to kidnap one of the Obama family’s dogs was arrested Wednesday with weapons and ammunition in his car.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Three Columbian nationals who participated in the kidnapping and murder of DEA Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogota, Columbia, on June 20, 2013, were sentenced to 20 to 27 years. The defendants had previously entered guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to kidnap and aiding and abetting the murder of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican drug lord convicted of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a DEA agent in 1985 has been released from jail, a move that has incensed U.S. law enforcement, Slate reports. The U.S. expressed deep frustration with a three-judge court that decided to overturn Caro Quintero’s sentence on the argument that he…
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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frustrated over the pace of an investigation into the 8-year abduction case of Natascha Kampusch, Austrian officials took the unusual step of requesting help from the FBI, The Independent reports. The Austrian Parliament made the recommendation after spotting inconsistencies in the case that suggest an accomplice may have been involved. Kampusch was…
