FBI News

Patrick Kasper, 33, was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Tyler Briggs, 33, of Mosinee, Wisconsin, was sentenced to 7 ½ years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine intended for distribution.

The last of four co-defendants was sentenced to federal prison last Friday after burglaries of a home in Coos County, Oregon.

Lamarr Anthony Welch, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for 11 felony drug offenses.

Joseph Robert Thompson of Crookston has pleaded guilty to one count of attempted production of child pornography.

Indolfo Hernandez, 36, of Houston, has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations following a Homeland Security Task Force investigation in the Eastern District of Texas.

FBI personnel from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia are converging at the East Baton Rouge Parish North Landfill in Zachary, Louisiana in the continuing search for 15-year-old Ja’Derrius Minnieweather.

Buffy Redfish, age 57, of Rushville, Nebraska, has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison for wire fraud and three counts of money laundering.

Richard V. Mitchell, 63, of Erie, Kansas, has been charged for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and committing that offense as a registered sex offender.

Joseph Ray Robertson, 37, of Frisco, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for transporting a minor for sexual exploitation.

Daryl Hubbard and Carl Todd, who were previously convicted of felony drug distribution, were sentenced to federal prison.

The Justice Department announced that Ziheng Fang was arrested on a federal charge of false information and hoaxes.

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for obstructing a federal investigation.

Latanya Brown of Yonkers, New York, has been charged with extortion and federal program funds theft.

Jason Dewayne Glass, 42, of Locust Grove, was sentenced to 248 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm while drug trafficking.

Robert Hlovchiec, 32, a resident of Shaler Township, Pennsylvania, has been indicted on charges of interstate threats and influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official by threat.

Damien Moran, 36, of Dallas, was federally indicted on May 20, 2026, for his role in an alleged precious metals scam targeting elderly victims.

Abdullah Anwar, 28, of Garland, has been extradited from Qatar to the United States to face charges related to a Homeland Security Task Force investigation.

A 35-year-old illegal alien from Mexico who unlawfully resided in Houston has pleaded guilty to robbery, carjacking, brandishing a firearm, and illegal reentry.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Southern District of Texas has filed another 181 cases in immigration and border security-related matters from July 3-9.