Tag: Baltimore
Lorenzo Turner, Sex Trafficking, Maryland 2024
⏱ 2 min read Lorenzo Turner, a 43-year-old recidivist sex offender from Washington D.C., has been charged with sex trafficking minors in Baltimore. Between May 2024 and August 2024, Turner allegedly recruited, enticed, and transported two minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts. The crimes were committed in Baltimore, and Turner is now facing…
Jacob Rappaport, Bank Fraud, Maryland 2020
⏱ 2 min read Jacob Rappaport, a 41-year-old attorney from Towson, Maryland, orchestrated a real estate bank fraud scheme that involved fake contracts and hidden side agreements. The scheme, which took place in Baltimore, involved Rappaport’s client, Alexander Schultz, and his company, Limitless Management. In January 2020, Schultz’s company, Coventry Realty, LLC, purchased a Baltimore…
James Beverly, Attempted Drive-By Shooting, Maryland 2024
⏱ 2 min read A brazen attempted drive-by shooting in East Baltimore has led to a 54-month prison sentence for James Beverly, 40. The incident occurred in February 2024, when Beverly, who was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to prior felony convictions, was targeted by a gunman in a dark-colored SUV. Beverly, who had…
Erik Lee Madison, Child Sex Exploitation, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read Erik Lee Madison, a 21-year-old member of a violent extremist network known as ‘764’, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually exploiting at least 10 minor female victims in Maryland. The crimes occurred between November 2024 and November 2025, when Madison used the internet to create and share…
Simone Unadrea Avery, Child Sexual Exploitation, Maryland 2024
⏱ 2 min read A former Baltimore daycare worker has been indicted on child sexual exploitation charges. Simone Unadrea Avery, 23, is accused of producing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while working at a daycare center as a substitute. The crimes allegedly occurred on April 23, 2024, when Avery produced two image files…
Jacque Brown, Fentanyl Trafficking, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jacque ‘Hammer’ Brown, a 50-year-old Baltimore County man, pleaded guilty to federal charges after being caught with fentanyl during a traffic stop in Randallstown, Maryland, in April 2025. Brown, who was under investigation by the DEA for dealing fentanyl in the Baltimore region, attempted to flee from law enforcement but was…
Rodney Allen Farrar, Gun Trafficking, Maryland 2024
⏱ 2 min read Rodney Allen Farrar, a 36-year-old Baltimore man, was sentenced to 100 months in federal prison for his role in a multi-state firearm trafficking operation. Farrar conspired with co-conspirator Brian Keith Adams to traffic firearms from North and South Carolina to the Baltimore area. The operation was busted after law enforcement suspected…
Kentrel Anthony Rollins, Fentanyl Possession and Trafficking, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read In the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, a group of men led by Kentrel Anthony Rollins, aka ‘T-Rock’, and Delano Butler, were busted for distributing large quantities of fentanyl. The operation spanned from Baltimore to Hampshire County, West Virginia, and involved multiple defendants. The investigation led to the seizure of fentanyl,…
Tarif Jahmil Alston, Child Sex Exploitation, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tarif Jahmil Alston, 43, of Baltimore, and Gleybar Josue Ramirez-Clemente, 21, of Frederick, were charged with sexually exploiting children in a nationwide operation called Iron Pursuit, which took place from April 1 to April 30. The operation, led by the Department of Justice, aimed to find child victims of sex abuse…
Matthew Bathula, Unauthorized Access to a Protected Computer, Maryland 2016
⏱ 2 min read A pharmacy insider allegedly spent eight years secretly spying on nearly 200 people, including co-workers and patients, through a Maryland medical system’s computers. Matthew Bathula, 41, of Clarksville, used various cyber intrusion techniques to obtain victims’ usernames, passwords, cookies, images, videos, and other data between July 2016 and September 2024. The…
