Tag: 2009
TC Islander Gets 20 Years in Sextortion Case
⏱ 3 min read RELATED: Texas Courier Admits to Cross-Country Coke Run SEE ALSO: Fentanyl Network Lands Reedsburg Woman in Federal Prison ST. LOUIS – Alexander Gardiner, 25, a citizen of both the US and Turks and Caicos, will spend the next 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to coercing a 15-year-old Missouri…
Wyoming-Idaho Coke Ring Busted: Last Dealer Sentenced
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Dulce Predator Gets Life Sentence SEE ALSO: Hammond Heroin Dealer Caged for 12+ Years CHEYENNE, WY – Federal prosecutors wrapped up a three-year case today, securing a sentence for the last member of a cocaine distribution network that stretched across the Wyoming-Idaho border. The ring moved weight into Teton County,…
Bolivia’s Top Cop: 25 Years for Coke Traffick
⏱ 2 min read Maximiliano Davila Perez, the ex-director of Bolivia’s anti-narcotics force, will spend the next 25 years in a federal prison. The 50-year-old was sentenced today in Manhattan Federal Court after a jury found him guilty in October of shielding cocaine cartels and running the drugs into New York City. He was extradited…
Philly Guard Roasted Inmates With Pepper Spray
⏱ 2 min read Christopher Knight, 47, a former guard at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philly, admitted today he enjoyed turning inmates’ lives into hell. Between January and March of 2023, Knight repeatedly blasted helpless prisoners with pepper spray – after they were already handcuffed, subdued, or simply not a threat. Now, he’s facing…
SBA Scam Lands Cali Man 5.5 Years
⏱ 2 min read Frank Hamilton, 55, of Simi Valley, California, is trading sunshine for a federal cell after a Philadelphia judge hit him with 66 months in prison yesterday. Hamilton masterminded a scheme to fleece banks and the Small Business Administration out of millions, filing bogus loan applications before the pandemic even started and…
Incline Attorney’s $1.3M Crypto Scam
⏱ 2 min read Pittsburgh lawyer Christopher Furman, 53, isn’t defending clients these days – he’s facing federal charges for allegedly pilfering $1,379,300 from the Society for the Preservation of the Duquesne Heights Incline. The feds say between October 2024 and September 2025, Furman, as president of the board, hijacked funds meant to keep the…
Dayton Dealer’s Stash: 11 Kilos & $260K
⏱ 2 min read Ke-Shawn Rivers, 46, a Dayton man known as “JayZ” on the streets, is off the streets after federal agents found a brick of fentanyl and coke hidden in his home. The bust went down March 11th, revealing approximately 11 kilograms of the deadly mix, along with a quarter-million in cash and…
Tax Collector Ripped Off Township
⏱ 2 min read Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after a brazen scheme to pilfer over $400,000 from the Fairview Township tax rolls. The former tax collector used her position to line her own pockets between March 2023 and January 2025, and today, U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick…
NH Meth Kingpin Faces Decades
⏱ 3 min read Ariel Castillo-Solano, 36, is staring down serious time after running a multi-pound meth operation throughout New Hampshire, primarily in the Rochester area. Federal agents busted the Dominican Republic national in January 2025 following a sting operation involving a massive drug deal. Castillo-Solano, operating under the alias Jose Antonio Santiago, used a…
Rikers Guard Milked $370K in Fake Injury Claims
⏱ 3 min read Todd Faustin, 43, a disgraced ex-correction officer at Rikers Island, admitted today to faking injuries during encounters with inmates to bleed the New York State Workers’ Compensation system for at least $370,336.79. The scheme spanned years and was exposed in federal court, where Faustin pled guilty to one count of making…
