Tag: Baltimore
Katrina McCant, Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, Maryland 2021
⏱ 2 min read Katrina McCant, a 41-year-old former contractor for the Maryland Department of Labor, pled guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges in federal court. The scheme, which took place from January 2021 to December 2021, involved McCant using her insider access to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance claim benefits during the…
Carlos Amador Lopez, Illegal Re-Entry, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read In Maryland, a pair of previously deported illegal aliens have been prosecuted for re-entering the United States. Carlos Amador Lopez, 30, and Bayron Leopoldo Perez Batres, 64, were charged with illegal re-entry after prior removals. The cases, which were prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, are…
Davon Taylor, Drug Trafficking, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Davon Taylor, a 35-year-old Baltimore man, was caught by law enforcement in a sting operation on April 9, 2025, in a Northwest Baltimore parking lot known as the ‘panyard’. Taylor was engaging in hand-to-hand drug transactions and was found to be in possession of a handgun and large quantities of fentanyl,…
Keith Cook, Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, Maryland 2023
⏱ 2 min read Keith Cook, a 32-year-old Maryland man, was caught red-handed in a West Baltimore neighborhood, dealing marijuana and possessing a firearm. On January 27, 2023, a Baltimore Police Department officer monitoring a CitiWatch camera observed Cook taking out a clear plastic bag containing suspected marijuana from a Tupperware container and handing it…
Ron Wardlow, Armed Carjacking, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read Ron Wardlow, a 27-year-old Baltimore man, carjacked two victims at a Fells Point gas station on February 27, 2025. Wardlow, wearing a mask and gloves, asked the victims for a ride, but when they refused, he pulled out a 9mm Glock loaded with an extended magazine and demanded the car keys.…
Walter Epps, Fentanyl Distribution, Maryland 2023
⏱ 4 min read A massive federal investigation has taken down a notorious open-air drug market in West Baltimore, indicting 14 men for their roles in selling fentanyl, heroin, and crack cocaine. The suspects, including Walter Epps, 41, and Luther Amos, 54, operated multiple "street shops" in the 1800 blocks of North Carey and Woodyear…
James Carroll Erny Jr., Public Corruption, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Baltimore County man, James Carroll Erny Jr., has been sentenced for bribing a Baltimore City finance official, Joseph Gillespie, in exchange for extinguishing his financial obligations to the city. The bribery scheme, which lasted from December 2019 to August 2023, involved Erny paying at least $25,000 in bribes to Gillespie,…
Philip Andrew Turner, Child Sex Trafficking, Maryland 2018
⏱ 2 min read A 47-year-old Maryland man, Philip Andrew Turner, has pleaded guilty to charges related to a Filipino child-sex trafficking ring. Turner, from Linthicum Heights, used Skype to persuade and coerce minor victims in the Philippines to engage in sexual activity between November 2017 and March 2018. He communicated with a known Filipino…
Jacque Brown, Fentanyl Trafficking, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jacque ‘Hammer’ Brown, a 50-year-old Baltimore County man, has been sentenced to 135 months in prison for his role in a fentanyl trafficking operation. Brown, of Randallstown, Maryland, was caught with 500 grams of fentanyl and two firearms at his home. The bust was the result of a DEA investigation that…
Paul Samuel Williams, Fentanyl Trafficking, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Baltimore man’s lucrative fentanyl operation in West Virginia has been shut down. Paul Samuel Williams, 27, also known as ‘G’, sold 51 grams of fentanyl for $3,500 in the parking lot of a business in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The transaction, which took place in Harrison County, has led to Williams’…
