Tag: Albany
Marcasey Ventour, Arson, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Marcasey Ventour, 28, of Albany, New York, torched a restricted storage area at the Samuel S. Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albany on a date not publicly disclosed, sparking a fire that caused $77,490 in damage. The incident occurred before his sentencing on July 17, 2026. Ventour’s motive for the…
Ackeme Jermane Campbell, Gun Possession, Georgia 2025
⏱ 2 min read Ackeme Jermane Campbell, a 32-year-old Jamaican music artist, was busted for possessing multiple guns and 92 rounds of ammunition in Turner County, Georgia, after a high-speed chase on November 15, 2025. Campbell, who performs as Chronic Law, was residing in the United States on an O-1B non-immigrant visa and allegedly fled…
Kye Carbone, Wire Fraud, Theft from a Labor Union, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Kye Carbone, the 69-year-old former president of the United Federation of College Teachers Local 1460, pleaded guilty to stealing over $290,000 from the union between 2011 and 2023. The union represents faculty members at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Carbone used the money for his personal expenses, restaurants, and…
Muhammad Zishan, Health Care Fraud and Wire Fraud, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of Medicaid fraud, three Latham taxi operators and employees have been charged in a $660,000 scam that involved false claims, illegal kickbacks, and inducements to generate Medicaid reimbursements. Muhammad Zishan, Madiha Javed, and Ghazali Shaikh were indicted by a federal grand jury in Albany, New York, as…
Matthew Lynn Windom, Possession of CSAM, Oregon 2026
⏱ 2 min read Matthew Lynn Windom, a 55-year-old Albany, Oregon man, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The sentencing came after a multinational investigation revealed Windom’s involvement in sharing and possessing CSAM on a New Zealand-based platform. Windom, who was already on probation for a…
Brian Hargraves, Possession of and Access with Intent to View Child Pornography, New Hampshire 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brian Hargraves, a 55-year-old man from Albany, posed as a teenage boy online to obtain child sexual abuse material from a 16-year-old minor victim in New Hampshire. The disturbing scheme was uncovered in April 2025, when law enforcement searched Hargraves’ mobile phones following a citizen complaint. The investigation revealed that Hargraves…
Juston McDowell, Unlawful Dealing in Firearms, New York 2022
⏱ 2 min read Juston McDowell, a 25-year-old from Laurinburg, North Carolina, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for unlawfully dealing in firearms without a license in Albany, New York. Between March 2022 and February 2025, McDowell acquired multiple firearms, including handguns and switches, in North Carolina and sold them in Albany and elsewhere.…
Israel Montano, Methamphetamine Trafficking, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brutal California cartel’s pipeline to the Capital Region of New York has been severed after three San Diego-based drug traffickers pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute over 3 kilograms of pure crystal methamphetamine between March 2019 and July 2020. Operation Crystal Express, a Homeland Security Task Force investigation, began in…
Robert Stabzone, Child Molestation, Nevada 2020
⏱ 2 min read A twisted Albany County man used the internet to exploit at least two underage victims, coercing them into creating child porn that he greedily downloaded. Ryan Catello, aka ‘Stabzone,’ a 24-year-old Ravena resident, appeared in federal court after a criminal complaint accused him of receiving child porn between March 18 and…
Stephen Gullotti, Theft, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read An Albany man made off with an FBI ride in a brazen display of disregard for security, but his joyride was short-lived. Stephen Gullotti, 59, allegedly snuck onto FBI property and swiped an unlocked GMC truck from the Albany Field Office parking lot on the night of April 9, 2026. With…
