Tag: California
Fresno ‘Ghost Gun’ Dealer Catches 6 Years in Prison
⏱ 2 min read A Fresno, California, man’s game was up when undercover officers swooped in on a smoke shop after spotting a gun in his waistband on a city bus. Felipe Macias, 28, was busted with a loaded ‘ghost gun’ – a privately made, unserialized firearm – in August 2024. His felony status didn’t…
Identity Thief Rakes in $114K in Fake Social Security
⏱ 2 min read A 69-year-old man from Arizona has been accused of pulling off a brazen identity theft scheme, posing as a dead man to swindle over $114,000 in Social Security benefits. Richard Warren Ralston, who lived in Auburn, California, at the time of the crime, submitted a fake application to the Social Security…
Fresno ‘Ghost Gun’ Felon Sentenced to 6 Years
⏱ 2 min read A Fresno man is headed to the big house after being caught with a loaded ‘ghost gun’ on a city bus, authorities said Thursday. Felipe Macias, 28, was spotted with the grip of a firearm sticking out of his waistband on a Fresno city bus in August 2024. Undercover cops swooped…
Drone Smuggler Crashes in Kern County
⏱ 2 min read A brazen bid to smuggle meth into Kern County’s North Kern State Prison ended in disaster when the drone crashed into a field, but not before the pilot successfully dropped off a payload of 21.4 grams into the prison yard. The incident occurred on June 9, 2024. According to investigators, Jorge…
California Drone Dealer Drops 70 Grams of Meth
⏱ 2 min read A brazen aerial meth drop went down over North Kern State Prison in Delano, California, on June 9, 2024. Jorge Narvaez, 28, piloted an Autel drone over the facility, dropping two balloons containing 21.4 grams of meth into the prison yard. But Narvaez didn’t stop there. He made another attempt at…
Predator Gets 10.5 Years
⏱ 3 min read Nathanial Alfonso Burke, 34, of Willits, California, is headed to federal prison for 10 and a half years after attempting to meet an 11-year-old girl for sex. Burke was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley after pleading guilty in July. The investigation began in February 2024, when Burke…
Meth, Guns & A Lifetime of Crime: Fresno Man Faces Life Behind Bars
Fresno, CA – John Angel Sanchez, 56, is staring down the barrel of a potential life sentence after a raid on January 15, 2026, turned up nearly two pounds of high-purity methamphetamine and three illegally possessed firearms. The bust, a joint operation between Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies and the FBI, landed Sanchez back in the…
Sacramento Con Man Gets 4+ Years for $1.1M Tax Heist
Sacramento resident Christopher Guilford, 54, will spend the next four years and beyond behind bars after a federal jury found him guilty of orchestrating a brazen $1.17 million tax refund scheme. The conviction, handed down October 30, 2025, caps a months-long investigation that exposed Guilford’s meticulously crafted fraud, built on bogus tax filings and a…
15 Years for Meth Kingpin in ‘Toxic Waste’ Operation
Fresno – Sergio Pena, 32, of La Puente, California, will spend the next 15 years and eight months in federal prison after being convicted as a key distributor in a sprawling methamphetamine trafficking ring with deep ties to Mexico. The sentence, handed down yesterday in federal court, marks a major victory for investigators who have…
Fresno Felon Back Behind Bars: 12 Years for ‘Ghost Gun’
Raymond Rodriguez, 29, won’t be terrorizing Fresno streets for a long time. The repeat offender was slammed with a twelve-year federal prison sentence Monday for possessing an untraceable “ghost gun” – a privately manufactured firearm with no serial number – just 72 hours after walking out of state custody. The case underscores the revolving door…
