SAN FRANCISCO—A federal indictment charging Diane Cobb and Paul Sloane Davis with 15 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, and wire fraud, and charging Diane Cobb with five counts of aggravated identity theft, was unsealed today in federal court. Cobb, 56,…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking the public’s assistance with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male suspected of sexually exploiting a child. Photographs and informational posters depicting the unknown individual, known only as John Doe 27, are…

CAMDEN, NJ—A property manager has admitted to conspiring to defrauding financial institutions as part of a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and “straw buyers” to make illegal profits on over-developed condominiums in Wildwood, New Jersey. Steven Schlatmann,…

William Potts, Jr., a/k/a William Freeman, a/k/a Lieutenant Spartacus, was arrested by the FBI today at Miami International Airport on charges of air piracy. Potts was indicted in the Southern District of Florida in 1985 after diverting a Piedmont Airlines…

SACRAMENTO, CA—Late yesterday, a federal jury found William Hugh Weygandt, 64, of Granite Bay, guilty of a conspiracy to commit fraud involving aircraft parts repair. The verdict followed a three-week jury trial before U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez…

ALBUQUERQUE—James Phillip Tafoya, 43, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was sentenced this afternoon to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his conviction for using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. He…

SAN JUAN— A U.S. citizen has been arrested for interfering with flight crew members and attendants. On October 31, 2013, Alicia Gonzalez was taken into custody by the FBI and charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants. A…

The Seattle Safe Streets Task Force is seeking information about a serial bank robber nicknamed the “Cyborg Bandit.” The unidentified bank robber is believed to have robbed at least four different banks in the past two months, most recently in…

Phoenix, Arizona - Arizona State Parks will offer funding through competitive grants with monies from the Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Fund and the Recreational Trails Program (RTP). A workshop to assist potential grant applicants will be held at the Arizona…

WASHINGTON USDA is seeking applications to provide assistance to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Funding is available from USDA's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…

BEAUMONT, TXA 62-year-old Diboll, Texas woman has plead guilty to theft of federal funds in the Eastern District of Texas. Melva Darlene Blakemore pleaded guilty to an information charging her with theft of federal funds on March 26, 2013 before…

Jaime Atherton was a 30-year-old former Marine and Vietnam veteran when he became an FBI agent in 1976. He joined the SWAT team in our San Francisco office, and later, after a transfer to the FBI Laboratorys explosives unit in…