On December 15, 2016, Strickland was added to the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list.

[1][2][3] Strickland was arrested in El Paso, Texas on January 15, 2017 by city FBI agents and policemen.

[4] He was apprehended without incident during a traffic stop at 5:10 a.m. MT and booked into the El Paso county jail.

The FBI's public tip line was contacted earlier in the month suggesting that Strickland was living in the city.

In June 2017, Strickland was found guilty of two counts of first-degree reckless homicide.