Tag: Homeland Security Investigations
Marlon Jefferson Fajardo-Paiz, Child Sex Abuse Material Distribution, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan national was sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material and reentering the US after deportation. Marlon Jefferson Fajardo-Paiz, 22, was previously removed from the country on July 20, 2018, and had no permission to apply for readmission. During an investigation into a…
Joshua Dale Cline, Child Pornography Distribution, Wisconsin 2025
⏱ 3 min read A 29-year-old man from Jim Falls, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for receiving and distributing child pornography. Joshua Dale Cline was arrested after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received tips about his Kik accounts. Between November 2024 and January 2025, NCMEC received…
Damon Jones, Sports Betting Scam, New Jersey 2023
⏱ 3 min read Brooklyn’s basketball underworld just got a whole lot smaller. Ex-NBA player Damon Jones, who once suited up for the Cleveland Cavaliers and coached the Los Angeles Lakers, just copped to a sports betting scam that raked in over $10 million. According to court documents, Jones used inside info from multiple NBA…
Yoandris Jose Ruiz Bello, Attempting to Produce Child Sex Abuse Material, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Venezuelan national, 32-year-old Yoandris Jose Ruiz Bello, was charged with attempting to produce child sex abuse material in Ocala, Florida. The crime unfolded on August 21, 2024, when Ruiz Bello believed he was communicating with a 13-year-old girl, asking her to send an explicit video of herself. Related Federal Cases…
Shawn Grunther, Attempted Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity, Florida 2025
⏱ 3 min read Shawn Grunther, 42, thought he’d found an easy mark in a 14-year-old Ocala girl he lured online. But instead, he got caught by Homeland Security agents who posed as the underage girl. Grunther’s attempt to meet the minor for sex ended with his arrest on July 24, 2025, in Marion County.…
Michael Johnson, Attempted Child Enticement, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Deltona predator thought he’d found his next victim online, but what he got was a cop in disguise. Keiron Jashua Williams, 23, was busted by a Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective posing as a 13-year-old girl in June 2025. Williams, a degenerate, engaged in a sickening online conversation with the…
Alabama Teacher, Child Sex Trafficking, Alabama 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 47-year-old Alabama teacher tried to buy sex from a 14-year-old girl in Pensacola, Florida, but ended up walking into a sting operation. Christopher Glover, a Simms, Alabama resident and Baldwin County School District employee, was busted in October 2025 after traveling from Alabama to meet the minor, who turned out…
Michael Johnson, Child Exploitation, New York 2020
⏱ 2 min read A depraved Oneida man traded child porn with like-minded creeps, authorities say. Jacob Netzel, 33, used social media and file-sharing apps to distribute and receive the vile files from April 2022 to November 2024. Netzel even sent explicit videos to what he thought was a 12-year-old girl – but was actually…
Robert Lee, Child Grooming, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read An Ocala man’s twisted obsession with a minor has landed him in federal prison. Benjamin Hoover, 44, was sentenced to three years and 10 months behind bars for attempting to transfer obscene material to a 15-year-old girl. On July 23, 2025, Hoover sent a sexually explicit image of himself to someone…
Jersey City Fentanyl, Cocaine Ring, New Jersey 2023
⏱ 2 min read A massive Jersey City fentanyl and cocaine trafficking ring has been dismantled, with 29 members and associates arrested on charges including fentanyl and cocaine trafficking, firearms offenses, and more, authorities announced. The long-term wiretap investigation, led by Homeland Security Investigations, involved a collaborative effort with federal, state, and local agencies, including…
