For Immediate Release
January 9, 2007
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
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Ralph S. Boelter Named Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Minneapolis Division
WASHINGTON, D.C. — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller,
III, has announced the appointment of Ralph S. Boelter
as the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Minneapolis
Division. Mr. Boelter will report to the division on January
22, 2007. The Minneapolis Division serves the states of
Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. In addition
to the headquarters office in Minneapolis, Mr. Boelter
will oversee 14 FBI satellite offices within the division’s
territory.
Mr. Boelter, a Wisconsin native, earned a Juris Doctorate
with honors from Suffolk University Law School in Boston,
Massachusetts. He completed his undergraduate studies in
public administration in California. Prior to his employment
with the FBI, Mr. Boelter served in the U.S. Marine Corps
and the San Diego Police Department where he attained the
rank of Sergeant.
Mr. Boelter was appointed an FBI special agent in July
1991 and was assigned to the Boston Division where he investigated
white collar crime, violent crime, and criminal enterprise
matters. In December 1997, he was promoted to the Criminal
Investigative Division at FBI Headquarters where he had
oversight responsibility for many of the Bureau’s
violent crime and fugitive investigations, including the
nationwide manhunt for Rafael Ramirez, the “Railway
Serial Killer,” and Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive.
Mr. Boelter served in that unit until March 2000, when
he was transferred to the Los Angeles Division to supervise
the Violent Crime/Criminal Enterprise squad in the Long
Beach Resident Agency.
In November 2001, Mr. Boelter assumed the duties of Acting
Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Violent Crimes/Criminal
Enterprise Branch of the Los Angeles Division. He was formally
appointed as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in January
2003. During his tenure in that position, Mr. Boelter worked
closely with other law enforcement agencies, particularly
the Los Angeles Police Department, to target violent gang
enterprises. Mr. Boelter also led the Los Angeles Division’s
initial response to the incident at the Los Angeles International
Airport involving multiple homicides at the El Al ticket
counter on July 4, 2002. Mr. Boelter also supervised the
Long Beach, Ventura, Santa Maria, and Lancaster Resident
Agencies while assigned to the Los Angeles Division.
In April 2005, Mr. Boelter was assigned to the investigation
involving the unauthorized disclosure of CIA Agent Valerie
Plame Wilson’s covert identity.
In September 2004, Mr. Boelter was promoted to the position
of Inspector at FBI Headquarters, in Washington, D.C. In
that position, Mr. Boelter led inspection teams in comprehensive
assessments of FBI offices around the world.
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