Robert 'Wes' Wheeler, 52, sat down with the Tribune to talk about his new job leading the Chicago FBI.
Newly appointed Chicago FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert “Wes” Wheeler Jr. on Jan. 24, 2023.
Wheeler, 52, sat down with the Tribune on Tuesday to talk about his new job leading the Chicago FBI, the bureau’s fourth-largest field office with more than 1,000 agents, support staff and other personnel responsible for investigating everything from domestic and international terrorism to public corruption, gang racketeering, bank robberies and white-collar crime.
Soft-spoken and with still a hint of a Georgia accent, Wheeler comes to the high-profile job at a pivotal moment in the city’s history, with the issue of gun violence at the forefront, violent extremism on the rise both at home and abroad, major public corruption trials on the horizon and a mayoral election just weeks away.
As non-Chicagoan, Wheeler also has a different perspective than some when it comes to the city’s often-cited problem with public corruption, which has been a focal point of the Chicago field office for decades. Like his predecessors, Wheeler said that anti-terrorism initiatives will continue to be a focus of the bureau, as the rise and fall of the Islamic State has given way to concerns about lone-wolf attacks involving “someone we were investigating prior or not someone who had come to the attention of anybody prior to something bad happening.”Born and raised in Newton County, Georgia, Wheeler played football in high school and majored in political science at Georgia Southern University.
Wheeler, who is married with two college-age sons and a daughter in high school, said has been fortunate to be based in one area for most of his FBI career, rather than be transferred around the country.
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