Retired FBI Agents From Wheeling Still Fight Crime

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — It's been more than a few years since Thomas Burgoyne and Richard "Dick" Ferda retired their FBI badges, but the two former colleagues have never lost the itch for the excitement their careers brought, nor for their friendship.

Both Wheeling residents spent time in their FBI days at the old Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C., not knowing one another until later when they worked together for 11 years out of the Federal Building in Wheeling. Both worked under FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

"I thoroughly enjoyed my work," Ferda said.

With a degree in accounting, Ferda worked 10 years as a clerk pursuing white collar criminals, and another 24 years as an agent.