Tag: 2024
Joel Smithers, Drug Distribution, Virginia 2024
In a shocking turn of events, a Martinsville-based doctor has been found guilty of multiple drug charges. Joel Smithers, a 42-year-old physician, was convicted of one count of maintaining a place for the purpose of illegally distributing controlled substances and 466 counts of illegally prescribing Schedule II controlled substances. The trial, which lasted for three…
Desmond L. Waukau, Jr., Involuntary Manslaughter, Wisconsin 2024
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – A man from the Green Bay area has been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter and fleeing an officer resulting in death following a vehicle crash on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on December 17, 2024, a federal…
Dianna L. Chevalier, Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Wisconsin 2024
A federal indictment has been handed down against Dianna L. Chevalier, a 40-year-old Shawano woman, for her alleged involvement in methamphetamine trafficking on the Menominee Indian Reservation. According to the indictment, on or about September 10, 2024, Chevalier was found to be in possession of methamphetamine, which is indicative of an intent to distribute. This…
Nolin Leupp, Receiving Child Sexual Abuse Material, New Mexico 2024
Albuquerque, New Mexico – A disturbing case of child sexual abuse has come to light in the small community of Vanderwagen, New Mexico. The FBI is investigating allegations of child sexual abuse involving a minor against Nolin Leupp, 26. Leupp appeared before a federal judge and will remain on conditions of release pending trial, which…
Rickey Everett Ballard, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Oklahoma 2024
Muskogee, OK – Rickey Everett Ballard, age 29, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, recently entered a guilty plea to one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. The Superseding Indictment alleged that between May 1, 2024, and May 29, 2024, Ballard knowingly possessed a semiautomatic .300 blackout caliber pistol and twenty-nine rounds of ammunition…
Dave Inc. and Jason Wilk, Deceptive Practices, California 2024
A financial technology company and its CEO are in hot water with the law after allegedly engaging in deceptive practices in California. Dave Inc. and Jason Wilk, the company’s co-founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, have been accused of misrepresenting the terms of their cash advance service to consumers.…
Bojai Dominick Grant-Schmidt, Domestic Assault, Washington 2024
A brutal assault on the Spokane Reservation has landed a Montana man in federal prison. Bojai Dominick Grant-Schmidt, 23, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for punching, biting, and strangling his girlfriend. The assault occurred on May 10, 2024, in Ford, Washington. According to court documents, Grant-Schmidt punched his girlfriend in the face,…
Ahmed Maqbul Syed, Tech Support Scheme Money Laundering, Arizona 2024
Tucson, Arizona – In a shocking case of tech support scheme money laundering, Ahmed Maqbul Syed, a 57-year-old Indian national, has been charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. According to the indictment, Syed, along with his accomplice Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi, 27, has been accused of laundering fraudulent proceeds…
Nathan Roy Stout, Possession of Child Pornography, Washington 2024
A Spokane man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. On December 11, 2024, United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Nathan Roy Stout, age 39, from Spokane, Washington to 15 years in federal prison for Possession of Child Pornography. Judge Rice also imposed a lifetime of supervised…
Shane Michael Moser, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Wyoming 2024
Shane Michael Moser, 29, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced to 140 months’ imprisonment with four years’ supervised release to follow, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, on May 17, the Casper Police Department responded to an unconscious male behind the steering wheel of a running vehicle. Upon approaching the car,…
