Tag: Columbus
Juan Carlos Torres-Arzapalo, Drug Conspiracy, Georgia 2025
⏱ 3 min read Juan Carlos Torres-Arzapalo, a 41-year-old member of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, was sentenced to 135 months in prison on May 6 for his role in a massive drug conspiracy in Columbus, Georgia. Torres-Arzapalo, who was in the United States illegally, pleaded guilty to the charges on October 27, 2025. The sentencing…
Alan Martina, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 37-year-old registered sex offender from Columbus, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material of infants and toddlers. Alan Martina admitted to the crime in US District Court, facing 10 to 20 years in federal prison. The guilty plea came after law enforcement officials executed a search warrant…
Zohannon Crew Members, Racketeering, Ohio 2023
⏱ 3 min read A brutal gang war has come to an end in Columbus, Georgia. The Zohannon Gang, a notorious crew tied to Mexican cartels, was brought down in a massive takedown known as Operation Sweet Silence. The operation, a joint effort between federal and local law enforcement, seized guns, cash, and kilograms of…
James Travis Scurlock, Armed Bank Robbery, Ohio 2025
⏱ 3 min read A 44-year-old Morrow County man is headed to the big house after racking up 14+ years for a pair of brazen bank heists near Polaris mall in Columbus, Ohio. James Travis Scurlock’s get-rich-quick scheme involved robbing the same Huntington Bank branch on Gemini Place not once, but twice. Scurlock’s first heist…
Andrew Nolan, Selling Tampered Military Parts, Florida 2023
⏱ 3 min read A Florida businessman is going down for selling the US military faulty parts that could have put troops’ lives at risk. Andrew Nolan, 46, the owner of Nolan Manufacturing, LLC, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for providing nonconforming critical application parts to the US military through nearly 150…
Armando Rivera-Sereno, Firearms Possession, Ohio 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Mexican national, with a history of reentering the US illegally, fired a shot in his Columbus garage, leading to a firearms possession charge. Armando Rivera-Sereno, 41, was found with a pistol, rifle, and ammo on September 9, 2024. He’d been removed from the country five times before his 2022 conviction…
William Kisor, Attempted Coercion and Enticement, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 57-year-old Columbus man with a history of child sex crimes was sentenced to over 30 years in prison after he tried to coerce and entice minors online, targeting what he thought were three young girls. William Kisor, a repeat offender, was already on supervised release when he began chatting with…
Tyler Bossetti, Ponzi Scheme, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read Tyler Bossetti, a 31-year-old social media influencer from Columbus, Ohio, orchestrated a $20 million real estate Ponzi scheme, defrauding dozens of investors across the US and abroad from 2019 to 2023. Bossetti promised investors large returns on short-term investments through his company, Boss Lifestyle LLC, and used social media platforms like…
James Strahler II, Cyberstalking, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Columbus man’s twisted obsession with tormenting his ex-girlfriends and creating AI-generated child porn has finally caught up with him. James Strahler II, 37, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking and producing obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse. Between December 2024 and June 2025, Strahler sent harassing messages to at least six…
Calvin Baskin, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Mississippi 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 55-year-old Lowndes County man is heading to the slammer for 13 years after being caught trafficking over 50 grams of meth in Columbus, Mississippi. Calvin Baskin was arrested on August 8, 2024, and pleaded guilty to the charge. Related Federal Cases Live Nation, Antitrust Lawsuit, New York NY, 2024 ·…
