FBI News

Lincoln Erickson, 32, a former doctor from Farmington Hills, pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography.

Jeremiah Mills, age 28, was sentenced after previously pleading guilty to a four-count indictment, including Hobbs Act robbery and firearms offenses.

Joseph A. Buelow, 31, of South Dayton, New York, who was convicted of receipt of child pornography, was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison.

Kai Isaiah Ranaglia-Nelson, 25, of Abilene, was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for producing child pornography as a registered sex offender.

A former corrections officer pleaded guilty for his participation in a conspiracy to assault an inmate in his custody.

Jamarcus Miller, 38, and Jamario Hodges, 32, both of Cleveland, have been sentenced to prison for felony possession of ammunition and a firearm.

Raul Modesto Castro Ruz—along with Lorenzo Alberto Perez‑Perez, Emilio José Palacio Blanco, José Fidel Gual Barzaga, Raul Simanca Cardenas, and Luis Raul Gonzalez‑Pardo Rodriguez—has been charged in the 1996 shoot‑down of two unarmed U.S. civilian aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue over international waters.

A federal grand jury in Charleston charged 14 individuals with trafficking narcotics, including cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine.

Richard Lind, 39, of Florissant, who has been accused of stealing more than $250,000 from a grocery chain, has been arrested.

The FBI Birmingham hosted a completion ceremony for its spring Citizens Academy on Monday, May 18, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., held at Leidos Dynetics.

A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict against a Houston man on charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking of children.

Thomas Owen Barnett, 40, of Coos Bay, Oregon, pleaded guilty for causing a child to produce child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and distributing CSAM to others.

Two Colombian nationals unlawfully residing in the United States pleaded guilty in federal court for their roles in a multi-state burglary conspiracy.

A former member of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club was sentenced for his involvement in separate assaults against members of rival motorcycle clubs.

A dual U.S.-Nigerian citizen residing in both Irvington, New Jersey, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria was sentenced for conspiracy to commit money laundering.

An Arizona man pleaded guilty to defrauding a Kansas City company of over $500,000 in vehicles.

Brutus Claymore, 36, of Fort Yates, North Dakota, an enrolled member of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, has been charged with first-degree murder.

Edwin Emmett Lickiss, Jr., of Danville, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering in connection with a decades-long Ponzi scheme.

Cameron Patterson, 34, of Newark, New Jersey, was charged with making interstate threats to a Jewish organization located in New York, New York.

Levi Stoner, age 20, of Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on child pornography and online enticement charges.