FBI News

A federal jury convicted Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 73, on one count of conspiracy to commit torture and three counts of torture for his involvement in the torture of prisoners at Adra Prison in Damascus, Syria.

Clift Seferlis of Garrett Park, Maryland, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for mailing threatening communications targeting Jewish institutions and organizations.

Carie Hallford, 49, of Colorado Springs, has been sentenced to 216 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

An illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced to 40 years in prison for his top leadership role in distributing methamphetamine in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Timothy D. Luckett was sentenced to 14 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and a quantity of fentanyl.

A federal grand jury in Portland returned an indictment charging a Portland man with threatening an elected official and a minor victim online.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana has secured prison sentences for 11 convicted felons who illegally possessed firearms.

Matthew Bair was indicted for unlawfully possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon.

Federal, state, and local law enforcement investigations that led to successful outcomes throughout 2025 were recognized at the U.S. Attorney Office's Law Enforcement Awards.

Chance Allen Cathey, age 36, of Tom, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of transportation of stolen vehicle, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

A former Syrian government official who was the head of one of that nation’s major prisons was found guilty by a jury of torturing Syrian inmates.

A former deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for helping a now-jailed, self-styled cryptocurrency businessman extort a rival.

Two owners of a pharmaceutical wholesale company were sentenced to a total of 38 years in prison for orchestrating a complex, nationwide drug diversion scheme.

Ronald Kellup, age 77, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug involved premises.

Joshua Nass was charged with attempted Hobbs Act extortion for enlisting an individual to threaten and force a former client and his son into paying Nass $500,000.

Remarks delivered by SAC Runyan on March 13, 2026, about the March West Bloomfield attack in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

A Lame Deer man who assaulted federal officers on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation was sentenced to 150 months in prison.

A Mescalero man pleaded guilty to engaging in sexual acts with a minor.

Adeis Jonathan Francis, 25, of Jacksonville, has been charged by indictment with attempted enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity.

After a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Herbert Ben, Jr., of Dulce, of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse.