FBI News

Cierra Charity Lee, 20 and Kayvon Edwards, 21, pleaded guilty in connection with the October 20, 2025, kidnapping and armed robbery of two female victims.

A Mescalero man has pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer after striking a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer multiple times during an arrest.

Bruce Lindsey, 47, a resident of Sharon, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to committing firearm and drug trafficking crimes.

Brian Nicklaus Buchanan, 30, of Clayton, North Carolina, received 12 months and one day in prison for participating in a fraud conspiracy that targeted retailers across the country.

A sex offender has been sentenced to 216 months in prison for distributing and possessing child pornography.

Megan Nicole Tillery, 39, of Meridianville, Alabama, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for bribery.

Two men and a woman were found guilty of involvement with an international email hacking scheme that defrauded more than 1,000 victims out of approximately $215 million.

Charges have been filed against a juvenile following a rash of swatting calls aimed at universities and other institutions in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Ryan Catello, age 24, of Ravena, New York, appeared in federal court after being charged with receiving child pornography.

Several aliens unlawfully in the U.S. recently pleaded guilty and received their sentences, including a Portugal citizen and national, who destroyed government property.

Christian Eric Harmon has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for receipt of child sexual abuse material.

Matthew Louis Hourany, 36, of Thorsby, Alabama, has been sentenced to 360 months in prison for producing child sexual abuse material.

Paul R. McDowell, Jr., 29, of South Bend, was sentenced after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access of a computer.

A federal jury convicted Monte Decarlos Winston, 56, of Richmond, on charges of armed robbery and brandishing a firearm during a violent crime.

The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is proud to announce it has recovered a 17th century reliquary urn, carved and gilded in wood, believed to be one of 17 ecclesiastical artifacts  stolen from the Church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano sometime between August 1, 2012, and August 31, 2022. The FBI has orchestrated its return to the Italian Republic where a formal repatriation ceremony was held yesterday.

An ancient Roman epitaph, recovered by FBI New Orleans, is now safely back in its home country.

Following an operation led by the FBI on April 29, 2026, multiple individuals were arrested on federal charges related to drug distribution in the central Illinois region.

The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division) announced the formation of the West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force.

Brennan Christopher Bennett was charged with receiving sexually explicit images of a child.

Tahj Rankine, a member of the GoodFellas criminal street gang, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his participation in a February 2021 drive-by shooting.