FBI News

A Palmdale man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with coercing and enticing minor girls to create and send him sexually explicit material.

Four people have been charged in a superseding indictment with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and related crimes.

George Russell Isbell, Jr., 69, of San Diego, California, has pleaded guilty to mailing a threatening communication.

Jason Robert Birk, 50, of the District of Columbia, was charged with distribution of child pornography.

Jaime Santiago, 44, of Bridgeport, was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl.

A federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned a 19-count indictment charging 16 alleged members and associates of the “Stand On Business” or “SOB” street gang.

Patrick Alan Bucknum, age 55, formerly of Wenatchee, Washington, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.

Joseph Maile, 27, of Presque Isle, pleaded guilty to attempted sex trafficking of a minor, enticement of a minor, and attempted enticement of a minor.

Gustavo Mendoza-Alvarez and Osvaldo Lopez-Sanchez, both of Mexico, were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

United States Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida announced criminal charges against 12 defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program, and private insurers.

Ciera Washington, age 35, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Jose Medina, 57, of the Bronx, New York, has been sentenced to 27 and one half years in prison for coercing and enticing two minors, and other related crimes.

Lewis Li of Huntington Beach, California, has been sentenced to six years in prison for his role in the forceful abduction and extortion of a man in Peekskill, New York.

Felix Ortiz-Plata, 45, a Mexican national illegally residing in Stockton, received 16 years and three months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Mark Steven Peterson, 42, of Pekin, Illinois, has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for attempted enticement of a minor.

Ernest Vera, a former Cub Scout leader and baseball and football coach, was sentenced after pleading guilty to distributing child sex abuse videos on the Kik messaging application.

Coordinated, multi-agency efforts yield charges against 63 defendants and more than 660 years in federal prison sentences—with more to come.

A Brazilian man pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking.

An indictment was unsealed charging 12 individuals in a vast alleged conspiracy using drones to smuggle contraband into 10 prisons across eight states.

A Raleigh man, James Shuford Price, III, 59, pleaded guilty in federal court to the crime of paying illegal kickbacks for referrals to his California-based lab.