FBI News

Robert Barbetti, a Yankton, South Dakota man, was convicted of two counts of production of child pornography and sentenced to 45 years in federal prison.

A small business’s former financial controller, who engaged in a pattern of embezzling funds from his employer, pleaded guilty.

Officials announced that it had successfully obtained a judgment for funds stolen from the Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD).

Kevin Cuevas Del Cid was sentenced to 42 years in prison for his role in the May 21, 2016, murder of Kerin Pineda and the October 10, 2016, murder of Javier Castillo.

Samuel D. Marcus, 33, of Oreland, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty to one count of concealment money laundering.

Qiana Shanal Murry, 28, of Woodbridge, was sentenced to seven years in prison for distribution of fentanyl.

Arturo Leija-Alvarado, 43, a Mexican national, was sentenced by a federal court in San Antonio to 27 years in prison for leading an international methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.

Charles Ray Griffith, Jr., 36, of Tyler, has been sentenced to over 15 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas.

FBI Sacramento announces the capture and extradition of Jose Guadalupe Lopez Nunez, a Mexican national who is wanted for murder in Sacramento County. Lopez Nunez was apprehended near Mezquital del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico, on August 31, 2025, following a tip from the public.

Charles Wright, 61, of Wellford, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County, has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for federal program theft.

Cody Crazy Bull, age 35, of Lower Brule, South Dakota, has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison for assaulting, resisting, and impeding a federal officer.

Anthony Sanborn, 64, pleaded guilty to theft of government funds.

A West Bridgewater man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy and firearm charges.

Domingo Sunun was returned to the United States to face state sexual assault charges including two counts of child rape and one count of aggravated rape.

Gary Topolewski, 64, of Northridge, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for perpetrating an elaborate bank fraud scheme that took in approximately $39 million.

A 38-year-old Seattle man was sentenced for five federal felonies connected to his sex trafficking of a minor and an adult woman.

Two men made their initial appearances in court for allegedly carjacking with use of firearms last month in Las Vegas.

Adrian Lawrence, a Jamaican national, was sentenced to 66 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.

Ersel Hunt, age 34, pleaded guilty to a four-count indictment charging him with drug and firearm crimes.

Jun Wang, age 64, a Chinese national, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison following his trial conviction for participating in a money laundering conspiracy.