Category: Violent Crime
Machine Gun Parts Headed South: Brazilian Kingpin Convicted
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Ghost Guns & Silencers: 9+ Years for Mass. Man MONTGOMERY, AL – A Brazilian national is facing serious time after a federal jury in Alabama found him guilty of plotting to ship the building blocks of automatic weapons south of the equator. The guy wasn’t moving trinkets; we’re talking parts…
Predator Back on Radar: MO Sex Offender Charged
⏱ 2 min read KANSAS CITY, MO – Addison Jones, 28, is facing federal charges after allegedly trying to create child pornography, according to a complaint unsealed today. Jones, already required to register as a sex offender, is accused of contacting a 10-year-old boy online with the intent of obtaining sexually explicit material. The FBI…
Deported Honduran Busted Re-Entering US
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Cambria County Meth Ring Busted SEE ALSO: Fraudster Lied on the Stand, Got Probation MOBILE, Alabama – Elvin Leonardo Oliva-Rodriguez, 37, a citizen of Honduras, is facing federal charges after allegedly slipping back into the U.S. despite a previous deportation. The Northern District of Alabama indictment, unsealed today, accuses Oliva-Rodriguez…
Gun Parts Kingpin Faces Decades After Brazil Trafficking Conviction
PHOENIX, AZ – A Brazilian national is facing a long stretch behind bars after a federal jury convicted him of illegally shipping machine gun parts to his home country, fueling fears of escalating violence and instability in South America. The operation wasn’t about smuggling completed firearms; it was a calculated scheme to export the *building…
Fayette Co. Woman Hits the Books for Fraudulent Bank Moves
⏱ 2 min read Charleston’s Crystal Severson, a beauty board admin, admitted to pocketing over $1,800 meant for licensing fees. She doctored money orders, used her mom’s name and banked the cash. Now she faces five years in the clink if she doesn’t cough up the loot. The IRS-CI and WV’S special investigations unit did…
Akron Meth Ring: $4M in Drugs Seized
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Trucker & Crew Flood Akron With Poison SEE ALSO: Akron Meth Ring Nets Three, $4M in Drugs AKRON, OH – Three men are facing serious time after a federal indictment ripped the lid off a major drug operation flooding Summit County with poison. Feds say the trio wasn’t just slinging…
Seattle Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years
⏱ 2 min read Seattle’s streets just lost a persistent menace. Leon Henderson, 34, got nailed for three counts of dealing deadly fentanyl, plus two firearms violations, and now he’s staring down a 20-year prison sentence. The guy was stopped by Seattle PD three times in 2023, each time with a stash over a thousand…
Glock Switch King Gets 24 Years Behind Bars
Columbia, SC – Laclarence Anderson, 43, will spend the next two decades of his life in a federal cage after a jury slammed him with a 297-month sentence – 24 years with no chance of parole – for trafficking in firearms and narcotics. The verdict, delivered today by Judge Currie, marks a significant blow against…
Kanawha Co. Felon Pleads Guilty to Gun Possession
⏱ 2 min read CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Robert J. Thomas, 30, of St. Albans, has officially copped to being a felon with a gun. Court records show that on January 27, 2024, this dude had a Glock Model 27 .40-caliber pistol in Kanawha County’s Jefferson area. He knew the drill — no guns for him…
Trafficker Nabbed: WA Jury Convicts Man in Coast-to-Coast Sex Scheme
⏱ 3 min read SEATTLE – Brandon Denzel Washington, 33, of California, is facing serious time after a federal jury in Seattle found him guilty yesterday of running a multi-state sex trafficking operation. The jury returned verdicts on six federal felonies after a grueling four-week trial, finding Washington responsible for coercing and exploiting women for…
