FBI News

Patric J. Ferguson, a former Memphis Police Department Officer, was sentenced to 38 years in prison for civil rights, firearms, kidnapping, and obstruction offenses.

Jonathan Weinhagen, also known as James Sullivan, age 42, pleaded guilty in U.S District Court to one count of mail fraud.

A total of 235 more individuals have been charged in immigration and border security-related matters from November 21-27.

Jelani Amari Petersen, 28, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity.

FBI San Diego is warning consumers to be aware of the many types of scams criminals use to separate you from your hard-earned money or personal information during this holiday shopping season.

Mark Brooks pleaded guilty to attempted transfer of obscene matter to a minor.

A federal jury convicted Saheed Sunday Owolabi, 34, from Nigeria, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

A Colombian national was sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiring to launder drug proceeds. He was also ordered to forfeit $1.2 million.

Fredrick Buford, 29, was found guilty of committing a series of armed robberies of businesses in the summer of 2022.

Defendant, Cecilio Wareham, age 48, of Queens, New York, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

Jeffrey Hernandez, 40, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm by felon.

A Monmouth County man was sentenced to 63 months’ imprisonment for armed bank robbery.

A Kansas City, Missouri, woman was sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for a fraud scheme.

Christopher Ziogas pleaded guilty in New Haven federal court to offenses related to interference with a state audit.

A Poplar man who previously pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual abuse on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced to 68 months in prison.

Two women were sentenced to prison for their roles in a vast Hampton Roads-based drug trafficking conspiracy.

Operation Brightside was an enforcement effort to identify, apprehend, and initiate prosecution against some of the most violent offenders in the Columbia metropolitan area.

Leland Alexander Drumheller was sentenced in federal court to 48 months in prison for kidnapping.

The Justice Department announced results from its six-month surge of FBI assets across the country to address violent crime in Indian Country.

Sean Eric Thompson, 44, formerly of Pace, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to COVID and bankruptcy fraud.