As part of Operation Cold Front, the #FBI, along with its state and local law enforcement partners, conducted numerous arrests throughout Jefferson County today. This #FBI continues to remove violent offenders from our neighborhoods and keep Americans safe.
Make no mistake - Justice will find you.
Operation Cold Front is an FBI-led initiative targeting violent crime on a nationwide scale. By surging resources alongside federal, state, and local partners and executing federal warrants on violent criminals and fugitives, the FBI seeks to aggressively restore safety in communities across the country.
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Case update from @FBIAlbuquerque: Homeland Security Task Force (@HSTaskForce) Investigation Results in Record Powder Fentanyl Seizure and Federal Charges
Angel Ramirez is charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
In her home, agents recovered approximately 43.75 kilograms of fentanyl powder, the largest seizure in New Mexico in the DEA history, 7.70 kilograms of fentanyl pills, 4.40 kilograms of heroin, and an additional 1,036 grams of fentanyl in a separate container. Investigators also located approximately 29 firearms and assorted ammunition inside and around a gun safe directly beneath the narcotics and cash.
Learn more: justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/homel…
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#FBI Jacksonville SAC Carley joined Attorney General Blanche and our law enforcement partners to highlight Jacksonville's selection as one of four cities in the DOJ's Model Cities Initiative. justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-d…
Jacksonville will receive more than $73 million dollars to strengthen public safety across the area and combat violent crime. #FBI Jacksonville is proud to stand alongside our partners in this effort. Through collaboration and a shared commitment to holding violent offenders accountable, we're working to make Jacksonville safer for everyone.
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Hear from FBI Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Marlo Graham as she discusses three Homeland Security Task Force investigations targeting cartel-linked drug trafficking networks operating in Georgia.
We're working hand in hand with our law enforcement partners across the state to disrupt these organizations, take dangerous drugs off our streets, and protect our communities.
Read more about the cases here: ow.ly/pFns5104CjM
Case update from @FBILouisville: Homeland Security Task Force (@HSTaskForce) Ensures a Repeat Drug Trafficker from Barren County Spends Two Decades in Federal Prison
Shane Stuart Wheat, 35, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for trafficking in over 159.08 grams of methamphetamine. Notably, Wheat had previously been convicted of drug trafficking five times, with three of those offenses subjecting him to increased penalties. Wheat’s criminal history made him a “career offender” under the federal sentencing guidelines.
Learn more: justice.gov/usao-wdky/pr/hom…
NEWS ALERT from @FBIAtlanta: nitter.gq/FBIAtlanta/status/2118…
CARTEL-LINKED DRUG NETWORKS TARGETED IN ATHENS, GEORGIA
More than 200 kilograms of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine seized. Dozens of firearms recovered. Two defendants sentenced, and a third federally charged.
Through three Homeland Security Task Force investigations, FBI Atlanta and our law enforcement partners are disrupting cartel-linked drug trafficking networks operating in Georgia and keeping dangerous drugs and criminals out of our communities.
Full Press Conference to follow shortly.
Case update from @FBILouisville: Robert Scott Froberg Sentenced to Life for Kidnapping and Murdering of 7-Year-Old Morgan Violi
Morgan Violi was abducted on July 24, 1996, while playing with her sisters and friends at the Colony Apartments in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Witnesses saw a white man grab Morgan, put her in a maroon Chevrolet van and drive away. Two days later, the van suspected to be involved in the abduction was found in Franklin, Tennessee, and searched for evidence. Morgan’s body was found discarded in woods near White House, Tennessee on October 20, 1996. For years, Morgan’s kidnapping and murder went unsolved despite significant national media attention and ongoing efforts by law enforcement.
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On November 3, 2026, Robert Scott Froberg, 61, was sentenced to life in prison for the 1996 abduction and murder of 7-year-old Morgan Violi.
In this #FBI - no matter how long it takes - Justice will find you.
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Case update from @FBIAtlanta
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FBI Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Marlo Graham joined state and local partners at the announcement of Eight more peple charged in the Oct 4th Vienna, GA Block Party Homecoming shooting that injured 44 and killed Ja'Quavion and Macaleb Jackson. As of this morning, six are in custody. gbi.georgia.gov/press-releas… Have Information about the
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Last week, I joined ADIC Cox to recognize our agents from @FBIWFO who are out on the streets working on the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force. Over 200 FBI personnel are working alongside task force partners to apprehend violent criminals, seize illegal drugs, and locate missing children here in Washington, D.C.
Thanks to our agents and our partners, we have recorded the largest year-to-year decrease in violent crime rates since FBI estimations began in 1936, including a 20% drop in the murder rate last year and 30% decrease in the last 21 months. The D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force has arrested approximately 19,000 suspects, engaged in nearly 3,900 narcotics interdictions, and seized about 2,250 illegal firearms.
These results showcase the strength and dedication of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force and share a promise to the American people that the FBI will continue to reduce violent crime to keep the streets of our nation’s capital safe today and every day.
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Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to two-year sentence for distributor of cocaine and fentanyl. justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/hom…
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Proud to award this year’s recipients of the FBI Service Awards - one of our highest awards for the men and women of the @FBI dedicated to serving their country.
This year we honored 58 recipients – who in total had an incredible combined 2,000 years of combined service to the country, making this our largest FBI Service Awards ever.
The historic success of this FBI wouldn't be possible without these award winners. Thanks to each of you for everything you do in support of the mission.
NEWS ALERT from @FBIBoston: Massachusetts Man Charged with Making a Threat Against the President of the United States
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🚨#BREAKING: An #FBI Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation with @TewksburyPD has led to Trenton Touch, of Tewksbury, MA, being charged with allegedly threatening to kill the President of the United States. Touch also allegedly threatened to commit a school shooting. He's scheduled to appear in federal court in Boston on 11/9. Details➡️ ow.ly/e5fW5104jAS
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A Nevada man, Jason Randall Utlaut, was indicted today for making threats to kill the President of the United States. The investigation began after the FBI received an emergency notification about five YouTube posts threatening the President, a mass shooting, and other violent acts. Learn more: ow.ly/51uO5104i8b
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The @FBI and our partners are seeing malicious cyber activity targeting industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems around the world. These systems help keep food, medicine, and other products at safe temperatures and are widely used across critical infrastructure sectors.
Attackers are targeting electronic temperature and refrigeration controllers, particularly in grocery stores and cold storage facilities. In at least one recent incident, attackers targeted refrigeration components at three foreign blood service facilities.
While this attack was unsuccessful due to the proper alert mechanisms in place, security weaknesses in unpatched or internet-accessible controllers can allow attackers to change system settings, potentially causing inventory loss and equipment damage.
The FBI urges organizations using these systems to take the following steps:
➡️ Take controllers off the public internet
➡️ Put access behind a firewall
➡️ Change default passwords
➡️ Learn how vendors configure devices
➡️ Set safe temperature limits
➡️ Ensure alerts reach the right contacts
For technical details and more information on how to protect these systems, read our advisory: ic3.gov/CSA/2026/261105.pdf
NEWS ALERT from @FBIBoston: Two Individuals Indicted for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in New Hampshire
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🚨#BREAKING: The #FBI's Major Offender Task Force in New Hampshire arrested Albert Marino Fortuna Escalante of Methuen, MA, and Bresley Beatriz Castillo Taveras, of Manchester, NH, for allegedly trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in New Hampshire. We took both of them into custody without incident earlier today. Details @USAO_NH: ow.ly/evO85104icf
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⭐ Breaking News ⭐
Eight more charged in the Oct 4th Vienna, GA Block Party Homecoming shooting that injured 44 and killed Ja'Quavion and Macaleb Jackson. As of this morning, six are in custody, and two remain at large. gbi.georgia.gov/press-releas…
Have Information about the case? Contact GBI (478) 987-4545 or submit an anonymous tip at gbi.georgia.gov/submit-tips-….
News alert from @FBIPortland and @HSTaskForce: Honduran National Unlawfully Residing in the United States Sentenced to 17½ Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl that Resulted in a Fatal Overdose
According to court documents, Martinez was part of a conspiracy operating a fentanyl manufacturing and distribution hub from his residence in Gladstone, Oregon. On Nov. 16, 2023, he was stopped while driving back from California with more than a kilogram of fentanyl in his vehicle. A subsequent federal search warrant at his residence led to the seizure of additional fentanyl powder and counterfeit pills, a pill‑press operation, cutting agents, thousands of dollars in cash, and nine firearms.
As part of his plea agreement, Martinez admitted supplying fentanyl to another dealer who later sold the drug to the victim, who consumed it and died on Sept. 26, 2023, from acute fentanyl toxicity.
Read more: justice.gov/usao-or/pr/hondu…
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Industrial refrigeration and cold-chain monitoring systems protect food, medicine, and other temperature-sensitive products, making them attractive targets for malicious cyber actors.
The FBI is seeing these systems targeted across critical infrastructure sectors globally, putting inventory and equipment at risk. Together with partners at @CISAgov, @HHSGov, @USDA, and @USDOT, we have issued a fact sheet with clear, practical steps that network defenders can take to reduce their risk and protect operations.
We urge every organization that relies on these systems to review our guidance, implement the recommended mitigations, and report any suspicious activity to the #FBI.
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The FBI and our partners have arrested Luis Benítez Alcántara, a Mexican judge who allegedly accepted bribes and used his position to aid former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Ryan Wedding and his associates.
Benítez Alcántara was a district judge in Mexico City who allegedly accepted $2 million in exchange for granting bond to and ordering the release of Wedding’s second in command, while Wedding was orchestrating a billion-dollar transnational criminal organization and the largest supplier of cocaine to Canada with connections in Colombia, Mexico, and the U.S.
Benítez Alcántara is charged with nine counts of accessory after the fact for assisting the individual in order to hinder or prevent his apprehension, trial or punishment.
Thanks to @FBILosAngeles, our Bogatá Law Enforcement Attaché, our local partners, and our @TheJusticeDept who made the success of this operation possible.
#ICYMI from @FBIBoston: A member of the violent Boston-based gang, H-Block, has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug conspiracy charges. Defendant is currently an inmate at a state correctional facility where he smuggled illegal drugs into the prison.
Timothy Hearns, a/k/a “King Kill,” a/k/a “Tooly,” a/k/a “Toolman,” 36, of Roxbury; pleaded guilty on Oct. 30, 2026 to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute
Hearns was one of 10 H-Block gang members and associates charged in August 2024 following a multi-year investigation of H-Block. Hearns is currently serving a 19.5 to 20-year manslaughter sentence for committing a 2010 shooting that killed a 14-year-old at the Columbus/Heath Street basketball courts.
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