Tardy TSA Agent Cooks up Wild Tale about Would-Be Carjacker
A TSA agent in Florida is accused of concocting a wild tale to explain why she was late to work.
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ATF Arrests Anti-Government Man After Finding Pipe Bombs, Firearms at His Home
Michael Ramos, 24, was taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at his home Monday.
Tampa Woman Faces Potential of Prison Time After Punching Homeland Security Agent in Face
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Tampa woman who punched a Homeland Security agent in the face may find herself in prison, the Associated Press reports. Latrese Brantley, 40, faces up to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty Wednesday to assaulting a federal agent. Brantley was causing a disturbance on the April 30 flight and was…
Florida Man Impersonates Homeland Security Officer to Pull Over Tampa Police Officer
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida man was arrested for impersonating a Homeland Security officer after he pulled over a Tampa police officer in a traffic stop, ABC Action News reports. Police said Jonathan Charles Stevens, 24, activated flashing red-and-blue emergency lights on his white Chevy Tahoe. Stevens even called dispatch to report the pullover. It…
Homeland Security Spied on Occupy Wall Street Protests in about a Dozen U.S. Cities
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A division of the Department of Homeland Security spied and kept records on the Occupy Wall Street protests, even when they were peaceful the Huffington Post reports. More than 250 records obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the federal government was keeping close tabs on protesters. “Taken together, the…
Retired FBI Agent Mark Stephen Jimerson Dies at Age 59
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mark Stephen Jimerson, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, died last Thursday at his home in Mitchellville, Md., from a brain-related cancer. He was was 59. In February 1985, Jimerson was assigned to the FBI’s Tampa office, his first posting in the agency. While in Florida, he studied intensive Russian, according…
OBIT: Former Tampa FBI Agent Michael Barry Carmody Dies at 73; One of his Cases Inspired Film “Donnie Brasco”
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Barry Carmody served as an FBI agent for 33 years, retiring in 1998 having participated in some of Tampa’s most historic cases. Carmody died Wednesday of brain cancer at age 73. He is survived by his wife, two children, six grandchildren and, according to friends and family, some whopping stories. Among his…
FBI Agent Cleared in Fatal Shooting at Fla. Military Base
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A team of investigators has cleared an FBI agent of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a veteran last May 19 at the MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. In a press release, the FBI stated that the agent, whose name was not released “operated within the scope of…
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