Chuck Hustmyre (born November 22, 1963) is an American author and journalist. He is a retired federal agent (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). In addition to more than 600 newspaper and magazine articles, Chuck Hustmyre is the author of two true crime books and one crime novel.
Killer with a Badge (Nonfiction, Penguin/2004), the shocking true story of killer New Orleans cop Antoinette Frank.
An Act of Kindness (Nonfiction, Penguin/2007), the true story of the brutal, racially charged murder of Genore Guillory by four grave-robbing, skinhead meth-freaks in rural south Louisiana.
House of the Rising Sun (Novel, Salvo Press/2004), a novel about greed and corruption that pits a crooked ex-New Orleans cop against the Mafia.
Mustang Films has optioned the rights to House of the Rising Sun. Hustmyre co-wrote the movie script with two-time Academy Award winner Ron Judkins. The film is in pre-production.
Chuck Hustmyre has written more than 100 news and feature articles for truTV's Web site www.crimelibrary.com and covered several high-profile cases for the network when it was known as CourtTV, including the Virginia Tech shootings, the Jason Midyette infant homicide case in Boulder, Colo., and the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse in Orlando, Fla.
Link to Chuck Hustmyre's truTV feature articles
Hustmyre's articles have also appeared in The Washington Post, Homeland Security Today (HSToday), American Health & Fitness, Blackbelt magazine, New Orleans Magazine, and many others. He is a regular contributor to The Baton Rouge Advocate newspaper and 225 Magazine.
In 2006, 2007, and 2008, the Press Club of New Orleans presented Hustmyre with honors for his work in investigative reporting and feature writing.
Hustmyre's story "Blue on Blue: Murder, Madness, and Betrayal in the NOPD," in addition to being honored by the Press Club of New Orleans, was selected for inclusion in HarperCollins' book Best American Crime Writing 2006.
Read the article here: "Blue on Blue" from New Orleans Magazine
Chuck Hustmyre began his law enforcement career as a deputy sheriff in Baton Rouge, La. He went on to serve as a U.S. Army military policeman, a district attorney's investigator and then as a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
While with ATF, Hustmyre's assignments included tours with the U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force, the New Orleans Police Department's Violent Offender Warrant Squad, and the FBI's Gang Task Force. For several years Hustmyre was part of ATF's Safe Home Task Force, targeting armed drug traffickers and other violent criminals in New Orleans' sprawling public housing projects. He was also a member of ATF's Special Response Team and was a trained sniper.
In 1993, he was a member of the raid team that stormed the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. Ten years later, he wrote an article about the ill-fated raid.
Read the article here: "Trojan Horse: Inside the ATF Raid at Waco, Texas"