Tag: FBI
Healthcare Fraud
⏱ 3 min read Markita Barnes, 33, orchestrated a massive healthcare fraud scheme in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, stealing $2,361,799.17 from a Medicaid benefit program designed to help at-risk pregnant women and young mothers. The scheme, which lasted for an unspecified period, was dismantled after a two-week trial in November 2025. Barnes was sentenced to 121 months…
18 Years for Abuse
⏱ 2 min read Dean Allen Wallowing Bull, a 46-year-old man from Lame Deer, Montana, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for attempting to sexually abuse a minor in 2009. The incident occurred at Wallowing Bull’s residence, where he and the minor, John Doe, were drinking together. When Doe fell asleep, Wallowing Bull made…
Drug Kingpin Busted
⏱ 2 min read A large-scale drug operation in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia, with ties to the notorious Sinaloa Drug Cartel in Mexico, has been busted. David Reyes, a 61-year-old Hagerstown, Maryland man, has admitted to his role in the operation, which involved distributing cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin. The operation was led by…
Meth Kingpin Busted
⏱ 2 min read Clayton Brown, a 34-year-old Lake City, Iowa resident, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The guilty plea was entered on March 18, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City. Brown’s crimes involved distributing at least four pounds of methamphetamine over…
Child Porn Sentence
⏱ 2 min read Anthony Girard, a 40-year-old from Sioux City, Iowa, has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. From September 2023 to January 13, 2025, Girard used file sharing services to exchange over 24,000 files, including depictions of infants and toddlers, as well as sadistic and…
Bombing Kills Woman
⏱ 2 min read A brutal bombing in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, killed a woman in October 2019, and now the mastermind behind the attack has been found guilty. Clint Addleman, 49, was convicted of possession of an unregistered destructive device, conspiracy to maliciously destroy property by explosive or fire, and other charges related to the bombing…
Bronx Predator
⏱ 2 min read Winston Colon Correa, a Bronx man, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for enticing minors and possessing child pornography. The crimes occurred in the Bronx, New York, starting in at least 2022. Correa preyed on children by pressuring them to record and send videos of themselves engaged in sexually explicit…
N. Korea Sanctions Bust
⏱ 4 min read Three men, including Alexander Paul Travis, 35, of Augusta, Jason Salazar, 30, of Clovis, California, and Audricus Phagnasay, 25, of Fresno, California, have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a nationwide scheme that enabled North Korean workers to access U.S.-based computer networks. The scheme, which began in 2003,…
Postal Worker Kidnapped
⏱ 2 min read Ariel Ayala Meléndez, 59, kidnapped a US Postal Service letter carrier in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 25, 2025. The victim was seized at knifepoint and forced to drive to Guaynabo, where he crashed the vehicle to escape. The motive behind the kidnapping is not clear, but the incident has…
ATM Jackpotting
⏱ 2 min read Carlos Luis Vera La Cruz, a 45-year-old Miami man, pleaded guilty on March 20, 2026, to conspiracy, bank larceny, and accessing a protected computer in furtherance of fraud. Vera La Cruz and his co-conspirators engaged in an ATM ‘jackpotting’ scheme, where they stole money from ATMs at targeted banks and credit…
