Tag: 2009
Border Blitz: Meth & Coke Ring Falls
⏱ 3 min read Two Colorado women and a man are facing serious time after a massive drug shipment was intercepted in New Mexico. Reymondo Maldonado, 43, Ebajelina Silva, 41, and Tania Maldonado, 42, allegedly ran a pipeline funnelling meth and cocaine from Mexico through New Mexico starting in November 2023. The operation was finally…
Jamestown Pimp Faces Life Behind Bars
⏱ 3 min read Kelvin Thomas, 43, is staring down a potential life sentence for running a sex trafficking ring and slinging dope in Jamestown, New York. The scheme unfolded between October and December 2022, targeting two vulnerable addicts and forcing them into prostitution at a residence on W. Main Street in Falconer, NY. Thomas…
Hot Ride, State Line Run
⏱ 2 min read Chance Allen Cathey, 36, of Tom, Oklahoma, is facing serious time after admitting he knowingly drove a stolen vehicle across state lines into Arkansas on December 26, 2023. Cathey wasn’t just borrowing a friend’s car; he actively moved the hot ride, pulling in the feds and landing him a federal charge.…
Bronx Dealer Gets 4 Years for PA Coke Run
⏱ 3 min read Jose Baez Cabrera, a 35-year-old from the Bronx, is facing nearly four years in federal prison after authorities caught him moving eight kilos of cocaine into Pennsylvania last August. The bust went down on August 16, 2023, as Cabrera was allegedly prepping to supply Erie-area dealers. It wasn’t a first offense…
7 Years for Border Hopper
⏱ 3 min read Fernando Ramirez-Noria, 44, is heading to federal prison for seven years – 84 months – after a Harris County DWI bust exposed his habit of repeatedly ignoring deportation orders. The feds finally nailed him this week, sentencing him for unlawful reentry into the U.S. after multiple kickings out. Judge Charles Eskridge…
Coast-to-Coast Exploitation: Trafficker Convicted
⏱ 4 min read Brandon Denzel Washington, 33, of California, is facing a lengthy prison term after a Seattle federal jury convicted him of running a brutal, multi-state sex trafficking operation spanning seven years. From 2014 to 2021, Washington forced women into prostitution, moving them through Washington, Nevada, California, Oregon, and even Hawaii, all while…
Ex-Con Dumps Glock, Gets 2 Years
⏱ 3 min read David Oday Smith, 39, is headed back inside for two years. Cops spotted him lugging a bag near a D.C. bus stop on July 14, 2025. When they moved in, Smith ran, tossing the bag over a fence. Inside? A loaded .40 caliber Glock 27 with 15 rounds. Witnesses saw the…
Dover Dealer Caged: 12.5 Years for Meth & Gun
⏱ 2 min read Amir Watts, a Dover drug dealer, is headed for a long stretch behind bars. The 30-something was sentenced to 12 and a half years in federal prison today after being busted selling methamphetamine and a loaded handgun to an undercover cop. The deal went down after Watts repeatedly supplied the officer…
Fentanyl & Firepower: Felon Faces Time
⏱ 2 min read Scott Oranje, 52, of Mary Esther, Florida, is staring down the barrel of a long federal sentence after admitting today he was peddling fentanyl and illegally carrying a gun. The feds caught him with more than 40 grams of the deadly opioid – enough to kill scores – and a firearm…
San Antonio Kidnap: MS-13 Link?
⏱ 2 min read Franklin Ulises Rodriguez-Rivas is in federal custody, accused of snatching someone off the streets of San Antonio. The Salvadoran national, arrested in February, now faces federal indictment for kidnapping and harboring an undocumented immigrant. Sources inside the investigation whisper of connections to the notoriously brutal MS-13 gang. The details of the…
