FBI News

A fifth superseding indictment was filed in court in Brooklyn against Jobanis de Jesus Avila Villadiego, which added new charges of narcoterrorism conspiracy and terrorism offenses.

After four days of trial, a federal jury convicted Dustin Stover Bowles, 42, of Hurricane, for aggravated sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12.

Victor Lara-Lopez of Pasco has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for assaulting two federal law enforcement officers.

James Travis Scurlock, 44, of Cardington, has been sentenced in federal court to 171 months in prison for robbing the same bank at gunpoint twice in the spring of 2025.

Puthugramam Chidambaran and Sayyed Farhan Ali were charged with running a continuing financial crimes enterprise, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud and wire fraud.

Dontrey Bell, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 135 months in prison in connection with child pornography.

Jorge Campos-Oliva, an extradited Guatemalan national, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on charges of international cocaine distribution conspiracy.

Kelijah Richardson and Anival Rivera, both of Bridgeport, have been charged by indictment with robbing a jewelry store in Clinton earlier this year.

Gareth S. Schakel of Lakewood was sentenced to 312 months in prison for producing child pornography.

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 143 border-related cases this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for financial gain.

John Rivera Pesante, age 25, of York, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury on child exploitation charges.

Bryon Greco, 39, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced in federal court in Lincoln for attempted production of child pornography.

Jeffrey Thomas Higgins of Baker City, Oregon, has been charged with stealing his clients’ shares of stocks, selling them, and transferring the proceeds into his personal bank account.

An illegal alien from Colombia was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment after he possessed and intended to distribute fentanyl in the District of Utah.

A federal jury in the District of Minnesota convicted a Minnesota man of possessing a machine gun.

A Sioux Falls, South Dakota, woman has been convicted of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

An Egyptian national has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm after pointing a handgun at a victim at a Las Cruces gas station.

A Morgan Lake man pleaded guilty to striking and injuring a Navajo Nation Police officer with his car.

Gary Christopher, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, was arrested on April 10, and charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to launder money.

Alber Rodrigez was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor.