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FBI Agent Shot by Booby-Trapped Wheelchair
The bomb specialists suspected that an Oregon home was booby-trapped. As they entered the front door, they noticed what appeared to be a tripwire. Seconds later, a shot rang out, apparently from a booby-trapped wheelchair. And an FBI bomb special agent was hit in the leg. Sixty-seven-year-old Gregory Lee Rodvelt, the man who used to live at this home in Williams, Ore., has been charged with assaulting a federal officer. And before the highly trained team even entered the house, it encountered a series of traps that are straight out of the adventures of Indiana Jones.
This started on Aug. 22, when a judge in Josephine County appointed attorney Joseph Charter to take possession of the property where Rodvelt resided in order to sell it. According to the criminal complaint, Charter asked authorities from the FBI and Oregon State Police to clear the property. He had reason to think it might be unsafe. Rodvelt had previously been charged with unlawful possession of explosives but was released to attend the property hearing. Several days prior to the judge's order, neighbors had seen Rodvelt at the property. There was another, more direct warning: Charter told the authorities that he spotted a sign "warning that the property was protected by improvised devices."
Also at OregonLive.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday October 03 2018, @08:53PM (1 child)
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Seems not unreasonable to me that the FBI was involved.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 04 2018, @04:15AM
The FBI has no authority to interact in most purely local matters because the entire federal government itself does not have that authority. The FBI derives their authority from Congress and Congress derives their authority from the Constitution. If the Constitution fails to give Congress authority over something that authority defaults to the States or the people and the FBI cannot have derived authority over it. Period.
That said, it's perfectly acceptable for the FBI to assist state or local law enforcement if they're asked.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.