An undercover agent who infiltrated the Arizona
Hells Angels basically called his federal superiors cowards this morning on NPR for not doing more to find out who burned down his Phoenix home last year.
Jay Dobyns, a University of Arizona grad who has been promoting his recently released
book about his experiences, told
Diane Rehm that while the
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives bills itself as the agency that deals with extreme violence, its agents have no interest in protecting their own. Still worried about the very real possibility that gangbangers will kill him or his family, Dobyns is also suing the federal government for $4 million.
The 23-year veteran agent was under federal protection, moving from place to place to avoid become a hitman's victim, when he tried to settle in a home in northwest Tucson. Last August, someone set fire to the back patio. The home burned to the ground, he told Rehm. (An
Arizona Republic article from last year says the blaze consumed the rear of the home and caused $30,000 in damage). Dobyns, his wife and children got out safely.
Phoenix - Valley Fever - ATF Agent Jay Dobyns, Infiltrator of Hells Angels, Says Feds "Abandoned" Him in Tucson House Fire Investigation
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