Category: United States of America

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

On Monday, January 25, 2021, agents from the FBI Omaha Field Office arrested Brandon Straka on a federal warrant related to events at the Capitol Building on January 6. Straka, of Omaha, faces the following federal charges:

1. impeding law enforcement officer during civil disorder
2. knowingly entering and remaining on restricted grounds without lawful authority and/or engaging in disorderly conduct within proximity to a restricted building to impede official functions
3. engaging in disorderly conduct with intent to disturb a hearing before Congress

Straka remains in federal custody. His initial appearance in federal court will be tomorrow, January 26, 2021. After his appearance you will find additional information on his case at this link Investigations Regarding Violence at the Capitol (justice.gov)

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

SEATTLE, WA—The FBI’s Seattle Field Office is seeking information regarding two shootings that occurred on the evening of December 13 at approximately 9:30 p.m.

Two juveniles were shot multiple times in the White Swan area of the Yakama reservation. Both were hospitalized with serious injuries. The FBI is requesting anyone with information about the shootings to call, and information can be left anonymously. The subjects are still at large.

Anyone with information regarding these incidents should contact the FBI’s Seattle Field Office at 206-622-0460 or tips.fbi.gov.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

Director Christopher Wray has named Brian Dugan as the special agent in charge of the Norfolk Field Office in Virginia. Most recently, Mr. Dugan served as section chief of the HUMINT Operations Section in the Directorate of Intelligence at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Dugan joined the FBI as a special agent in 1998 and was first assigned to the San Diego Field Office to mostly work domestic terrorism cases. In 1999, he transferred to the San Francisco Field Office to conduct gang investigations.

In 2006, Mr. Dugan was appointed as an instructor at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, where he developed new law enforcement and human intelligence courses for the FBI. He left the Academy in 2009 to work on a violent gang squad in the Northern Virginia Resident Agency of the Washington Field Office.

Mr. Dugan was promoted to supervisory special agent and transferred to the Chicago Field Office in 2013 to lead a squad investigating child pornography and human trafficking. While in Chicago, he established a new gang squad addressing gun and gang violence on the North Side. He was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of a counterintelligence branch at the Washington Field Office in 2017. His branch investigated—and helped successfully prosecute—several espionage subjects and ran counterproliferation operations.

In 2019, Mr. Dugan was promoted to section chief in the Directorate of Intelligence, which has authority and responsibility for all FBI intelligence functions.

Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Dugan served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and rose to captain and served in Japan, Korea, and Russia. He earned a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration from Touro University of California.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

LAREDO, TX—The Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio Division, Laredo Resident Agency Office, is seeking information from the public about a man who went to Mexico to visit relatives and has not been seen since.

Francisco Javier Villarreal is a 31-year-old U.S. citizen who is approximately 5’4” in height and approximately 140 pounds. He has brown eyes and brown hair but is known to shave his head, so may have been bald when he went missing. Villarreal was doing personal training and was planning on opening a business. He also has multiple tattoos on his neck, chest, and right forearm and was last seen wearing an all-black athletic track suit.

Prior to his disappearance on December 11, 2020, he had been staying at a local hotel in the Reforma area in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and had been driving his white 2013 Volkswagon Beetle (License Plate Nuevo Leon SDG-461-A) to a nearby business.

Although the whereabouts of Villarreal are unknown at this time, it is believed he may still be in Mexico and may be the victim of a kidnapping.

The public is urged to call FBI San Antonio Division at 210-225-6741 with any information. Tips can also be submitted online at https://tips.fbi.gov. Individuals who provide information may remain anonymous.

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News

HOUSTON, TX—The FBI Houston Division is using all of our investigative resources, to include human source information, as well as advanced technical and scientific tools, to identify the perpetrators of the violence at the U.S. Capitol last week, January 6, 2021. Our agents and analysts have been gathering evidence, sharing intelligence, and working with federal prosecutors toward bringing appropriate charges.

FBI Houston is also establishing a command post to gather intelligence and coordinate with our local and state partners on potential threats.

This is all part of the effort to ensure the safety of our communities. We are focused on identifying, investigating, and disrupting individuals that were involved in the siege of the Capitol and/or continue to incite violence and engage in criminal activity here locally.

At this time, the FBI has not received any specific and substantiated threat to the FBI Houston Area of Responsibility (AOR), which includes Beaumont, Bryan/College Station, Corpus Christi, and Texas City/Galveston, or other government buildings in our area. However, we are working together with our law enforcement partners to continuously share information based on tips submitted by the public.

Between now and the presidential inauguration on January 20, we will be maintaining a heightened posture to monitor for any emerging threats to the region. With that in mind, we are urging people to call 713-693-5000 or go to tips.fbi.gov to submit tips regarding potential violence at any upcoming protest or event. If you know of an immediate emergency, please call 911. We cannot do our job without your help, the American public.

The FBI continues to remain steadfast in our mission to dually and simultaneously protect the American people and uphold the U.S. Constitution.