Welcome to episode 252 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does.

Through my books, my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues, today we

get to speak to retired agent Charles Cunningham, who served in the FBI for 22 years.

Charlie's first assignment was to the Albany Division, where he was responsible for liaison

and investigations occurring in three northern New York counties.

In this episode, Charlie reviews his investigation of military hero David Lindsay for cocaine

trafficking. Lindsay was a highly decorated war hero who had retired from the military

after 21 years in the Marine Corps and the Army.

As reflected on his official DD214 military record, Lindsay had earned more than 20 medals

for bravery because of his combat missions and as a former POW.

His medical evaluation determined he suffered from a severe case of post-traumatic stress

syndrome PTSD and he used this claim as his defense during a jury trial.

After working this case, Charlie was reassigned to the New York office where he worked

organized crime and was selected to work for several years with the Drug Enforcement Agency,

DEA, targeting Mexican cartels before being promoted to supervise his own Colombian drug

squad in Miami, Florida.

Later in his career, Charlie was promoted to Assistant Special Agent in charge, ASAC,

of the New Orleans Division and was named the Section Chief of Violet Crimes and the

Organized Crime Section at FBI Headquarters.

Charlie received the FBI's meritorious medal of bravery when he pulled a woman from a burning

car collision while commuting to work.

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