The Grime
Felon Caught
⏱ 2 min read Chase Langston Wiatt, a 34-year-old Houston resident, was found unconscious in the driver’s seat of his vehicle on October 28, 2021, with two pistols nearby. Wiatt had been driving under the influence of a cannabis edible and had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. A search of the vehicle led to the…
Healthcare Fraud
⏱ 3 min read Markita Barnes, 33, orchestrated a massive healthcare fraud scheme in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, stealing $2,361,799.17 from a Medicaid benefit program designed to help at-risk pregnant women and young mothers. The scheme, which lasted for an unspecified period, was dismantled after a two-week trial in November 2025. Barnes was sentenced to 121 months…
18 Years for Abuse
⏱ 2 min read Dean Allen Wallowing Bull, a 46-year-old man from Lame Deer, Montana, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempting to sexually abuse a minor in 2009. The incident occurred at Wallowing Bull’s residence, where he and the minor, John Doe, were drinking together. When Doe fell asleep, Wallowing Bull made…
Drug Kingpin Busted
⏱ 2 min read A large-scale drug operation in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia, with ties to the notorious Sinaloa Drug Cartel in Mexico, has been busted. David Reyes, a 61-year-old Hagerstown, Maryland man, has admitted to his role in the operation, which involved distributing cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin. The operation was led by…
Meth Kingpin Busted
⏱ 2 min read Clayton Brown, a 34-year-old Lake City, Iowa resident, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The guilty plea was entered on March 18, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City. Brown’s crimes involved distributing at least four pounds of methamphetamine over…
Felon Gets 2 Years
⏱ 2 min read David Oday Smith, a 39-year-old previously convicted felon, was busted by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Crime Suppression Team on July 14, 2025, near a bus stop in the District of Columbia. When officers approached, Smith took off on foot, ditching a bag containing a loaded Glock 27 .40 caliber pistol over…
Fentanyl Queen
⏱ 2 min read Chrystal D. Mueller, a 41-year-old woman from Reedsburg, Wisconsin, was part of a fentanyl trafficking organization that distributed pills from California to Wisconsin between January 14, 2022, and April 8, 2022. Mueller and her co-conspirators would receive the fentanyl pills through the mail and then distribute them locally, with Mueller getting…
SNAP Fraud Helper
⏱ 2 min read Dominique Collins, 38, of Stafford, Virginia, pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence in a federal court in Maryland. The charges stem from her attempt to help her boyfriend, Brendyn Andrew, 34, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, alter an email account associated with a SNAP benefits fraud scheme. The scheme led to Andrew’s arrest…
Alien Smuggling Bust
⏱ 2 min read Four illegal aliens, including Theron Don Mills, Oswaldo Sisa Heredia, Joel Perez-Matos, and Pablo Antonio Alvarez Rodriguez, were charged in connection with an alien smuggling venture that led to a high-speed maritime pursuit off the coast of Miami-Dade County on March 11. The suspects, who had previously been deported from the…
Greenville Felon Busted
⏱ 2 min read Michael Lawrence Hunt, a 45-year-old Greenville man with a prior felony conviction, was caught with over 55 methamphetamine pills during a traffic stop on September 11, 2024. The bust was the result of a joint investigation by the Greenville Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Hunt…
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