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FBI Jacksonville Celebrates Women’s History Month with Visit From First Female FBI Special Agent

News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL-In celebration of Women’s History Month, FBI Jacksonville Special Agent in Charge Sherri E. Onks will welcome a visit from Susan Roley Malone, who was one of the first two females to graduate from the FBI Academy in 1972. In addition to meeting with FBI employees, Malone will join SAC...


New York Man Pleads Guilty to Violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act

News Release: WASHINGTON - Jay Smith 32, of Freeport, New York, pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act in connection with the Oct. 22, 2020 invasion of a reproductive health care clinic in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly scheduled a sentencing hearing for August 7, 2023.


News Release: Two Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employees pleaded guilty on Feb. 9 to conspiring with another individual to engage in fraud on MTA excess vehicle auctions.


California Man Sentenced to 15 Years in South Dakota Meth and Money Conspiracy

News Release: SIOUX FALLS - United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Los Angeles, California, man convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments. The sentencing took place on February 6, 2023.


News Release: PORTLAND, OR-Have you ever wanted to be part of a SWAT Team? Or fingerprint a suspect? Or learn how to catch a cyber-criminal? Then consider participating in the FBI Teen Academy.


News Release: FBI Media Alert: FBI Offers Reward for Swoosh and Sack Stealer Responsible for Albuquerque Credit Union Robbery.


Arrest of Victor J. Pizarro-Santiago

News Release: SAN JUAN, PR-Special Agent in Charge Joseph Gonzalez, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrest of Victor J. Pizarro-Santiago (Pizarro-Santiago).


Former Kentucky Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Civil Rights Charges for Assaulting Two Federal Inmates

News Release: A former Kentucky correctional officer pleaded guilty today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward B. Atkins to two charges of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting two federal inmates.


News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury indicted three women today on charges related to the attempted arson of a nail salon in Monroe, Ohio.


News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging Terren S. Peizer, the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ontrak Inc., a publicly traded health care company, for allegedly engaging in an insider trading scheme in which he fraudulently used Rule 10b5-1 trading plans to trade Ontrak stock.


News Release: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a seven-count indictment charging 20 men and four women with trafficking cocaine in the District of Puerto Rico, beginning in 2017. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) oversees the investigation, with the collaboration...


News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment, unsealed today, charges a Coraopolis, Pennsylvania man with running a counterfeit drug conspiracy that sold fentanyl and methamphetamine disguised as Oxycontin, Xanax and Adderall on a Darknet Marketplace. Jacob Blair, 25, is also charged in a parallel indictment in the Western...


The FBI Northwest Ohio Safe Streets Task Force, Findlay Police Department, and Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Announce Arrest of Suspect in Multiple Bank Robberies

News Release: CLEVELAND, OH-The FBI Northwest Ohio Safe Streets Task Force, together with the Findlay Police Department and the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office announce the February 24th arrest of Gage Daniel Shafer Haws. Haws was arrested without incident by the Findlay Police Department SWAT team at a residence in Findlay, Ohio, in conjunction with five area bank robberies dating back to Dec. 31, 2022.


District Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Child Exploitation

News Release: WASHINGTON - Jason Tipton, 36, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to seven years in prison for distribution of child pornography. Tipton pleaded guilty on Oct. 11, 2022.


FBI Houston Teen Academy Application Now Available Online

News Release: HOUSTON, TX-The FBI Houston Field Office is now accepting applications for its upcoming Teen Academy. The event will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the FBI Houston Field Office, located at 1 Justice Park Drive, Houston, Texas 77092.


California Man Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Methamphetamine

News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C. - David Ruger, 44, of Long Beach, California, was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine.


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A former Missouri state representative was sentenced in federal court today for a nearly $900,000 COVID-19 fraud scheme, as well as a separate $200,000 fraud scheme in which she made false claims about a fake stem cell treatment marketed through her clinics in southern Missouri, and for illegally providing prescription drugs to clients of those clinics.


Co-Leader of COVID-19 Loan Fraud Ring Extradited From Montenegro to Begin Serving Prison Sentence

News Release: A California woman who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving a lengthy prison sentence has been returned to the United States after spending approximately one year as a fugitive.


News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - A federal jury convicted two Kansas men of kidnapping, drug, and gun charges in connection with the 2019 torture of a victim in Kansas City, Kansas.