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DALLAS FBI AGENT ARRESTED
Former Dallas FBI agent arrested in death threats was 'erratic and dangerous for years,' bureau says
The FBI deemed former special agent Carlos Ortiz "erratic and dangerous for years," an assessment that culminated Wednesday in his firing and arrest. Ortiz, 48, is accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife, who is a bureau analyst, and the head of the Dallas FBI field office.
The negative assessment of Ortiz is in the dismissal letter that he received Wednesday from the bureau. The letter chronicles allegations of spousal abuse and describes a 1992 encounter in which Dallas SWAT officers had to be called when Ortiz barricaded himself in his home over "job stress and personal issues."
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An FBI spokesman in Dallas declined to comment today about the case, including why Ortiz was able to remain an agent for 21 years despite his documented unstable behavior.
Ortiz, who lives in Red Oak, is to appear before a federal judge later today.
He is accused of telling a friend that he was going to kill his wife of eight years as well as Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Casey Jr. The friend alerted authorities, and Ortiz was arrested Wednesday at the FBI offices in Dallas.
Ortiz had been on unpaid leave for months, pending completion of an internal investigation into whether he assaulted his estranged wife. The couple's divorce is pending in Dallas County. They have a 6-year-old son.
Ortiz's four-page dismissal letter was released by his family as agents searched his Red Oak home.
Agents suspected there were two dozen guns in his house, but it wasn't immediately clear what they found. He is also known to collect martial arts swords, one of which he is shown wielding on his Facebook page.
His father and girlfriend said this morning that Ortiz is not violent and blamed his firing and arrest on his estranged wife.
The dismissal letter, written by Candice Will of the bureau's Office of Professional Responsibility, states that Ortiz's wife told internal investigators that her husband "always had a temper," that he is "very unpredictable," and that his aggressive behavior "has escalated."
In May 2009, it states, Ortiz "demanded" that his wife "see her son's messy room." As the wife approached the room, Ortiz told investigators, he was "very angry and [grabbed] her arms and physically [moved] her into the room."
The wife told investigators that although Ortiz "had not been physically abusive up to this point, the suddenness" of his "aggression" caused her to fear that his "anger would spin out of control."
In June 2009, the letter states, Ortiz allegedly "demanded" that his wife deny her ex-husband visitation to their two children until the man "paid all delinquent child support payments." The wife protested but Ortiz, according to the letter, insisted. Ortiz left their home, then allegedly called and began screaming at his wife about the visitation issue and twice threatened "to come home and beat the [expletive] out of" her, the wife told authorities.
Ortiz told investigators that he "used some strong or angry language" and "felt like pushing her head through a wall," the letter states.
The dismissal letter also says Ortiz's behavior is part of a pattern. It details an Oct. 5, 1992, incident in which he barricaded himself inside a bedroom of his house and "refused to come out." His wife at the time contacted the Dallas FBI office "crying hysterically because she feared for the safety of her husband," the letter states.
She reported hearing her husband "loading weapons." Agents responded to the scene, but the "situation escalated" and Dallas SWAT was summoned "as a precautionary measure," the letter states.
"While locked in the bedroom, Ortiz stated that job stress and personal issues, to include run-ins with his neighbor over children damaging his rose bushes, had caused him excessive stress," the letter states. "After seven hours, Ortiz "exited the bedroom" and "voluntarily checked into a metal health facility."
Ortiz subsequently "failed a fitness for duty exam" and was "temporarily placed in a limited duty status."
In 2004, Ortiz was again investigated internally for "dangerous behavior," the letter states. His current wife told investigators that Ortiz "snapped" and began yelling and screaming at her. When relatives confronted Ortiz about removing his child from the residence, Ortiz allegedly "threatened to harm … anyone that wanted to take the baby."
The letter sums up: "You are and have been a danger to those around you. Your latest bout of aggression is simply further evidence of your unsuitability to remain an FBI agent."
Ortiz is in custody and could not be reached for comment this morning. He has 10 days to appeal his firing.
He is the second Dallas FBI agent to face criminal charges in recent weeks. Ann Cox was fired after she was charged last month with hiring illegal immigrants in a sandwich shop she once owned in Rockwall. She is expected to plead guilty in a Dallas federal court next week, authorities said.
DALLAS FBI AGENT ARRESTED
FBI agent arrested in death threats was 'erratic and dangerous for years,' bureau says
11:28 AM CDT on Thursday, August 26, 2010
The FBI deemed former special agent Carlos Ortiz "erratic and dangerous for years," an assessment that culminated Wednesday in his firing and arrest. Ortiz, 48, is accused of threatening to kill his estranged wife, who is a bureau analyst, and the head of the Dallas FBI field office.
The negative assessment of Ortiz is in the dismissal letter that he received Wednesday from the bureau. The letter chronicles allegations of spousal abuse and describes a 1992 encounter in which Dallas SWAT officers had to be called when Ortiz barricaded himself in his home over "job stress and personal issues."
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An FBI spokesman in Dallas declined to comment today about the case, including why Ortiz was able to remain an agent for 21 years despite his documented unstable behavior.
Ortiz, who lives in Red Oak, is to appear before a federal judge later today.
He is accused of telling a friend that he was going to kill his wife of eight years as well as Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Casey Jr. The friend alerted authorities, and Ortiz was arrested Wednesday at the FBI offices in Dallas.
Ortiz had been on unpaid leave for months, pending completion of an internal investigation into whether he assaulted his estranged wife. The couple's divorce is pending in Dallas County. They have a 6-year-old son.
Ortiz's four-page dismissal letter was released by his family as agents searched his Red Oak home.
Agents suspected there were two dozen guns in his house, but it wasn't immediately clear what they found. He is also known to collect martial arts swords, one of which he is shown wielding on his Facebook page.
His father and girlfriend said this morning that Ortiz is not violent and blamed his firing and arrest on his estranged wife.
The dismissal letter, written by Candice Will of the bureau's Office of Professional Responsibility, states that Ortiz's wife told internal investigators that her husband "always had a temper," that he is "very unpredictable," and that his aggressive behavior "has escalated."
In May 2009, it states, Ortiz "demanded" that his wife "see her son's messy room." As the wife approached the room, Ortiz told investigators, he was "very angry and [grabbed] her arms and physically [moved] her into the room."
The wife told investigators that although Ortiz "had not been physically abusive up to this point, the suddenness" of his "aggression" caused her to fear that his "anger would spin out of control."
In June 2009, the letter states, Ortiz allegedly "demanded" that his wife deny her ex-husband visitation to their two children until the man "paid all delinquent child support payments." The wife protested but Ortiz, according to the letter, insisted. Ortiz left their home, then allegedly called and began screaming at his wife about the visitation issue and twice threatened "to come home and beat the [expletive] out of" her, the wife told authorities.
Ortiz told investigators that he "used some strong or angry language" and "felt like pushing her head through a wall," the letter states.
The dismissal letter also says Ortiz's behavior is part of a pattern. It details an Oct. 5, 1992, incident in which he barricaded himself inside a bedroom of his house and "refused to come out." His wife at the time contacted the Dallas FBI office "crying hysterically because she feared for the safety of her husband," the letter states.
She reported hearing her husband "loading weapons." Agents responded to the scene, but the "situation escalated" and Dallas SWAT was summoned "as a precautionary measure," the letter states.
"While locked in the bedroom, Ortiz stated that job stress and personal issues, to include run-ins with his neighbor over children damaging his rose bushes, had caused him excessive stress," the letter states. "After seven hours, Ortiz "exited the bedroom" and "voluntarily checked into a metal health facility."
Ortiz subsequently "failed a fitness for duty exam" and was "temporarily placed in a limited duty status."
In 2004, Ortiz was again investigated internally for "dangerous behavior," the letter states. His current wife told investigators that Ortiz "snapped" and began yelling and screaming at her. When relatives confronted Ortiz about removing his child from the residence, Ortiz allegedly "threatened to harm … anyone that wanted to take the baby."
The letter sums up: "You are and have been a danger to those around you. Your latest bout of aggression is simply further evidence of your unsuitability to remain an FBI agent."
Ortiz is in custody and could not be reached for comment this morning. He has 10 days to appeal his firing.
He is the second Dallas FBI agent to face criminal charges in recent weeks. Ann Cox was fired after she was charged last month with hiring illegal immigrants in a sandwich shop she once owned in Rockwall. She is expected to plead guilty in a Dallas federal court next week, authorities said.
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James ''Whitey'' Bulger (front, R) listens to the verdict in his murder and racketeering trial as seen in this courtroom drawing in Boston August 12, 2013.
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BOSTON | Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:39pm EDT
(Reuters) - When she was assigned to the federal task force charged with finding James "Whitey" Bulger in 2000, then-Drug Enforcement Agency agent Pamela Hay had a problem: She wasn't convinced her FBI counterparts wanted to catch the fugitive mobster.
The former leader of Boston's "Winter Hill" crime gang by then was in his sixth year of hiding, after fleeing the city in 1994 on a tip from a corrupt FBI agent that arrest was imminent.
"I had to sort out what was going on, did the FBI really want to find Bulger, if Bulger was found, what was it going to uncover?" Hay recalled in an interview on Tuesday.
She soon determined, however, her FBI colleagues were very serious about catching Bulger. "They worked hard, almost like they wanted to regain their reputation," she said.
Bulger, once the most feared criminal in Boston, on Monday was found guilty of 31 of 32 counts in a sweeping racketeering case that proved him a murderer, drug dealer and extortionist. A jury convicted him a little more than two years after FBI agents caught up with him, living in hiding under an alias in a Santa Monica, California seaside apartment.
The verdict, which legal experts said is likely to leave the 83-year-old in prison for his remaining years, is a step towards redemption for the Boston office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Bulger, who early in his criminal career had served time on the Alcatraz prison island off San Francisco, maintained brutal control on Boston's underworld thanks to corrupt relationships with FBI agents that shared his Irish ethnicity and turned a blind eye to his crimes in exchange for information they could use against the Italian Mafia.
"This trial is a start for the FBI to earn back the trust of the public once again," said Walter Prince, a former federal prosecutor in Boston who is now a partner with the law firm Prince Lobel. "It's going to take a while for the FBI to put those criminal activities behind them."
Justice Department officials in Boston admitted that Bulger's case had long been a black mark on the bureau.
"This day of reckoning for Bulger has been a long time in coming. Too long, in fact, due to his decades long of corruption - and corrupting law enforcement officials in this city," U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said on Monday after the jury rendered its verdict.
"It was a corruption that not only allowed him to operate a violent organization, but allowed him to slip away when honest law enforcement was closing in," she said.
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During Bulger's two-month trial, jurors heard about a long relationship between the defendant and his FBI handlers, John Connolly and John Morris.
Connolly and Bulger were first put in touch by the gangster's older brother, William, who became the powerful president of the state Senate and wanted to help out a friend who grew up in the same South Boston neighborhood.
Bulger agreed to meet with Connolly, reluctantly at first, but eventually the two became close. Connolly regularly entertained Bulger and his partner-in-crime Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, inviting them over for home-cooked meals, according to testimony at the trial.
Connolly developed a 700-page informant file in more than decade of regular meetings with Bulger, who claimed that he paid the agent for tips but never provided any of his own.
Connolly is serving a 40-year prison sentence on racketeering and murder convictions. His boss, Morris, is a free man and testified that he accepted money and gifts from Bulger, and offered tips that led to mob executions, including that of Edward Halloran.
Halloran had approached the FBI to offer tips of his own - a crime that Bulger regarded as punishable by death.
"Not a day in my life has gone by that I haven't thought about this," Morris said about the murder of that gangster and another man, uninvolved in gang business, who had the misfortune to be driving Halloran home when the "Winter Hill" gang arrived.
Bulger adamantly denied being an informant and cursed at Morris when he took the witness stand, calling him a liar. Still, Bulger's lawyers acknowledged a close relationship with law enforcement.
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(Additional reporting by Daniel Lovering; Editing by Andre Grenon and Grant McCool)
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