Tag: Atlanta
Usoro E. McWhorter, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A notorious drug trafficker, Usoro E. McWhorter, with eight prior felony convictions, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute massive quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl in Atlanta, Georgia. McWhorter’s accomplice, Omari Nicks, received a 12-year sentence last year for the same crimes. The…
Shamarri Tache Brooks, Bank Fraud, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Shamarri Tache Brooks, a resident of Georgia, has pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with a scheme involving the widespread theft of checks from the mail in Atlanta. Brooks used his music and social media accounts to promote fraud as a lifestyle, recruiting participants…
Tahj Rankine, Drive-by Shooting, Georgia 2021
⏱ 2 min read Tahj Rankine, a member of the notorious GoodFellas gang, played a deadly role in a February 2021 drive-by shooting in Atlanta that left an innocent bystander injured. On February 2, 2021, Rankine drove a vehicle carrying fellow gang members who opened fire at a gas station, unleashing over 30 rounds and…
Antonio Pierre Ashmeade, Narcotics Trafficking, Georgia 2019
⏱ 3 min read In a brazen operation, members of the Paper Gang Family, an ostensible rap music label, were caught distributing large quantities of narcotics in the Atlanta area. The gang, which included Antonio Pierre Ashmeade, was busted by the Atlanta multi-agency Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) in 2019. The investigation revealed that the…
Luther Davis, Identity Theft, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read Two scammers in Georgia thought they could get away with stealing millions by posing as NFL players. Luther Davis and CJ Evins convinced lenders to hand over $20 million in loans, but they were just wearing wigs and makeup. The pair wore disguises to impersonate athletes and even registered fake companies…
Jarvis Matthews, Drug Trafficking, Georgia 2025
⏱ 2 min read A convicted murderer serving life in Calhoun State Prison in Georgia tapped into a multi-million-dollar meth and heroin trade from behind bars, using contraband cellphones to coordinate shipments to Atlanta. Jarvis Matthews, already serving life for two fatal shootings in 2001 and 2002, directed a network of dealers to distribute the…
Monica Dominguez Torres, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Georgia 2022
⏱ 2 min read A notorious Atlanta meth kingpin is going down for 20 years. Monica Dominguez Torres, the ringleader of a multi-million dollar transnational crime operation, laundered millions of dollars in meth proceeds to Mexico and operated clandestine labs in the Atlanta area. At the height of her operation, Dominguez Torres lived a lavish…
Jonathan Dupiton, Unemployment Benefits Fraud, Georgia 2021
⏱ 2 min read A brazen scheme to steal millions in unemployment benefits has landed a notorious podcaster in federal prison again. Jonathan Dupiton, already serving a sentence for fraud, orchestrated a massive identity theft operation that bilked nearly $3 million from struggling Americans. Between 2020 and 2021, Dupiton used hundreds of stolen identities to…
Robert Lyles, Shooting, Georgia 2022
⏱ 2 min read In a brazen act of violence, Robert Lyles fired a stolen pistol at a stranger on the platform of Atlanta’s busy Five Points MARTA station on August 4, 2022. The 2022 shooting was just the latest in a string of crimes committed by Lyles, a repeat offender with a lengthy history…
Adam Schlueter, Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Georgia 2026
⏱ 2 min read An Atlanta man spent years terrorizing two young victims while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army. Adam Schlueter, 39, abused the minors physically and sexually between 2009 and 2013. According to court testimony, Schlueter choked, beat, and dangled one of the minors from a second-story window when he was just…
