Updated April 2025
William J. DelBagno Named Special Agent in Charge of the Baltimore Field Office
In February 2024, William J. DelBagno, "Bill", was selected as the special agent in charge of the Baltimore Field Office. SAC DelBagno most recently served as the acting assistant director of the Inspection Division.
SAC DelBagno began his career as an FBI special agent in July 2005 and was assigned to the New York Field Office, where he conducted counterterrorism investigations. While in New York, SAC DelBagno served on the Hazardous Evidence Response Team and became a certified weapons of mass destruction (WMD) coordinator.
In 2012, SAC DelBagno served as a TDY supervisory special agent (SSA) at the Chemical Countermeasures Unit in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate. In 2013, he transferred permanently with a promotion to unit chief of the WMD Operations Investigative Unit. SAC DelBagno was later promoted to assistant section chief for the WMD Investigations and Operations Section. For his contributions to WMD investigations emanating from the Dark Web, SAC DelBagno was awarded a 2016 Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award.
In January 2016, SAC DelBagno transferred to the Washington Field Office (WFO) as the Counterterrorism Program Coordinator SSA and, in September 2016, transitioned as the SSA of the Joint Terrorism Task Force Guardian Squad. In May 2018, he was promoted to assistant special agent in charge for WFO's Mission Services Division, where he was responsible for an array of administrative programs, technical services, security, and compliance. In January 2020, SAC DelBagno was promoted to section chief (SC) of the Counter-IED Section within the Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG). As SC, he was responsible for national program management of the Special Agent Bomb Technician program; the Hazardous Device School in Huntsville, Alabama; and the FBI’s response to a weapon of mass destruction.
SAC DelBagno later served as the chief of staff for the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch and as the deputy assistant director of the Inspection Division. In March 2023, SAC DelBagno assumed the role as acting assistant director of the Inspection Division.
SAC DelBagno is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and served as an armor officer in the U.S. Army. He received a Bronze Star Award for his combat service in Iraq from 2003 to 2004. SAC DelBagno holds an executive master's degree in leadership from Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business. SAC DelBagno is originally from Queens, New York.
