FBI News

Thomas William Martin, 42, of Mannford, has been sentenced for production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

Eight individuals associated with the University of Michigan were indicted for their alleged roles in conspiracies to threaten University of Michigan leaders.

An eighth defendant has been charged in federal court with robbery and kidnapping offenses for allegedly participating in a violent home invasion.

A federal grand jury returned a 17-count indictment charging four former East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office employees for civil rights violations.

Shawn R. Ware, Sr., age 53, of Texas, has been indicted on six-counts of wire fraud.

An Orange County man was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with defrauding a bank out of nearly $100 million.

A Chickaloon man was sentenced to two years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the U.S. government of COVID-19 relief funds.

A 23-year-old local man has been sentenced for sex trafficking and enticing a minor.

Paul Theesfield, 41, of Roberts, Illinois, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for mailing a threatening communication.

A district judge sentenced a Belleville man to eight years in federal prison for possessing a machinegun.

A Dallas drug dealer, Deldrick Damond Lewis, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas.

A U.S.-based technology company, Vercel Inc., agreed to enter a Stipulated Dismissal with the United States to resolve civil contempt proceedings.

Twenty-six alleged leaders, members and associates of the Trinitarios, a violent transnational criminal organization, have been indicted.

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned a multi-count indictment charging a Miami woman for allegedly orchestrating a years-long health care fraud scheme.

Anthony Gresham, a multi-convicted felon, has been charged with three federal crimes after he allegedly shot a 17-year-old boy.

Brett Bedford, 42, of Rochester, New York, was convicted of possession of child pornography by a person having a prior conviction.

Jason Plummer, 33, a resident of Jamaica, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The United States extradited Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, a Ghanaian citizen, to serve a 10-year prison term in Ghana for convictions on more than 70 criminal counts.

Marietta Begay, 50, of Lake Valley, is facing federal child abuse charges after allegedly endangering two children by driving while impaired.

Haji Najibullah was sentenced to 42 years in prison and five years of supervised release for terrorism charges based on his role in the hostage taking of an American journalist and two Afghan nationals in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2008 and 2009, and his leadership of Taliban fighters who carried out attacks on U.S. service members in Afghanistan between 2007 and 2009, resulting in the deaths of American soldiers and other victims.