Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury returned an indictment, charging a Maryland man with child sex abuse crimes. Phillip Shawn Cunningham, 53, of Abingdon, is charged with one count of distribution of child sex abuse material (CSAM), seven counts of receipt of CSAM, and two counts of possession of CSAM.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Jacksonville, Florida – Duncan Fraser MacDonald (45, Sarasota) has been charged by indictment with transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce communications containing threats to injure the person of another. If convicted, MacDonald faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Greenbelt, Maryland – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced, today, a Maryland resident and two Washington D.C. residents are facing indictment in connection with a fraud conspiracy to obtain more than $600,000 in SNAP benefits. Antonio William McCracken, 32, of District Heights, Maryland, along with Ricco Coley Young, 34, and Kimberly Lady Howard, 47, both of Washington, D.C., received charges.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia, in coordination with the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, announced its comprehensive strategy to oversee federal voting protections and investigate potential election fraud as early voting begins in Georgia for the 2026 midterm elections.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced today that RAMON RODRIGUEZ, a/k/a “Pollo,” was sentenced to life in prison plus twenty years’ imprisonment for the June 21, 2021, murder of Milton Grant during a robbery in Manhattan, the attempted murder of a second man, and other racketeering and firearms offenses. On February 20, 2026, RODRIGUEZ was convicted after a two-week jury trial. RODRIGUEZ was also sentenced in a separate case in which he pleaded guilty to an assault that left a fellow prison inmate seriously injured. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff presided over the trial and imposed today’s sentence.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 28, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced today to 50 years in prison for offenses related to a 2020 attack on correctional officers at U.S. Penitentiary Allenwood. This sentence will run consecutive to the 40-year sentence he is currently serving for his role in plotting a mass-casualty terrorist attack in New York City on behalf of ISIS.
“Bahnasawy, who is already serving a 40-year sentence in federal prison for plotting mass casualty attacks in New York City on behalf of ISIS, savagely attacked corrections officers once again on behalf of ISIS,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “Today’s sentence will further ensure that Bahnasawy remains in prison, where he can do much less harm, for a very long time.”
“We will prosecute those who aid, attempt to aid, or commit violence on behalf of the pernicious ISIS ideology wherever they may be found,” said U.S. Attorney Brian D. Miller for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. “Today’s sentence reflects our unwavering commitment to fight those who perpetrate violence in the name of ISIS even behind prison walls.”
“Although he was behind bars, this convicted terrorist committed a horrific attack on two corrections officers in the name of ISIS, which they fortunately survived,” said Assistant Director Jarod Brown of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. “Today’s sentencing shows that violent attacks by those who support the evil ideology of ISIS or other foreign terrorist organizations cannot be tolerated by our society. Fighting terrorism is a central part of the FBI’s mission to protect the American people, and the FBI is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to hold these vicious criminals accountable.”
Bahnasawy was an inmate at USP Allenwood who, on Dec. 7, 2020, attacked two corrections officers using a weapon made from part of a steel desk in his cell. Bahnasawy stabbed one officer in the head and face, and, when a second responded to assist, Bahnasawy stabbed her in the hand.
The first officer eventually lost his right eye as a result of the attack. When Bahnasawy was restrained, a note was found in his sock that read, “This is a terrorist attack for the Islamic State.” A pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) was also found taped to the inside of a locker door in Bahnasawy’s prison cell. Bahnasawy pleaded guilty in November 2025 to multiple counts of assault, assault with intent to commit murder, and possession of contraband inside a prison as well as providing material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
At the time of the attacks at USP Allenwood, Bahnasawy was serving a 40-year sentence for his role in plotting a mass-casualty terrorist attack in New York City on behalf of ISIS. Bahnasawy, a then-20-year-old Canadian citizen and resident, plotted with Talha Haroon and Russell Salic to conduct bombings and shootings in heavily populated areas of New York City during the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan in 2016, all in the name of ISIS.
An undercover FBI agent (UC) infiltrated the co-conspirators’ terrorist plot, posing as an ISIS supporter prepared to join in the attacks. The FBI arrested Bahnasawy in May 2016 after he traveled from Canada to the New York City area in preparation for the attacks, and he has been in custody since that time.
This case was investigated by the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Geoffrey MacArthur for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and Deputy Chief Larry Schneider of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section prosecuted the case.
Source: United States Navy
SAN DIEGO — Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) will shift its home port from San Diego to Bremerton, Washington, later this year to complete a long-planned maintenance availability. The relocation will be executed as a permanent change of station (PCS) for the crew and family members.
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Garrett Mechanical Inc., a Dover repair and maintenance contractor; Hey Brother, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; Joseph Bruni; and Daniel Tulchin have agreed to pay $295,204 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by overbilling the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for work performed at Postal facilities.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment Sept. 24 charging Loyd Walter Hall, a/k/a “Jamie Hall” and “James William,” and multiple co‑defendants with conspiring to provide firearms to the Sinaloa Cartel, trafficking controlled substances and engaging in a series of illegal straw‑purchase and firearms‑trafficking schemes.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
Pensacola, Florida – Dominique J. Stanberry, 33, of Pensacola, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of wire fraud involving Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funds. This prosecution was part of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud launched by President Donald J. Trump, a whole-of-government effort to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.