Tag: FBI
Tech Firm Hit with $2.5M Crypto Demand
⏱ 3 min read A former data analyst turned blackmailer is facing time after a jury convicted him of trying to shake down a D.C.-based tech company for $2.5 million. Cameron Curry, 27, of Charlotte, North Carolina, flooded the company with threats to expose sensitive data starting December 11, 2023, after learning his contract wouldn’t…
Fayetteville Kingpin Caged: 35 Years for Meth Ring
⏱ 3 min read Rick Derrell McIntyre, 50, is headed for decades in federal prison after a judge slammed him with 35 years for running a major drug operation out of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The bust ends a ten-year reign of terror where McIntyre allegedly flooded the city with meth, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and MDMA.…
Albuquerque Trafficking: Two Minors Exploited
⏱ 4 min read Roderick Norseweather Jr., 26, is facing serious time after admitting to trafficking two underage girls from California to Albuquerque in December 2024. He lured them with promises of money, then subjected them to exploitation, using a chilling mix of tech and control. Tajahne Johnson, 22, also pleaded guilty to misprision of…
Toddler & Infant Exploited: Pair Gets Decades
⏱ 3 min read A twisted online connection turned horrifyingly real. Michael J. Machonis, 30, of Bridgewater, New Jersey, and Asia Tamara Billups, 20, of Gloucester, Virginia, are headed to federal prison after exploiting a three-year-old toddler and a four-month-old infant. Billups recorded sexually explicit videos of the children in May and June of 2024,…
40 Years for Online Predator
⏱ 3 min read Joshua Black, 38, is headed to federal prison for 40 years after preying on a 13-year-old girl online and then traveling to Florida to continue the abuse in person. Black was sentenced Thursday in Fort Pierce by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, following a guilty plea to production and transportation of…
Loan Shark Lands 5.5 Years in Federal Lockup
⏱ 3 min read Frank Hamilton, 55, of Simi Valley, California, is headed to federal prison for 5 and a half years after admitting he helped a network of crooks fleece banks and the Small Business Administration out of $6.09 million. Judge Wendy Beetlestone handed down the 66-month sentence in Philadelphia yesterday, along with two…
Fentanyl Killed Him: Lorain Dealer Indicted
⏱ 3 min read Elyria, OH – Roderick Cross Jr., 34, is facing a potential life sentence after a federal grand jury indicted him for dealing the fentanyl-laced drugs that killed a man identified as J.K. on March 15, 2025. Cross, also known as “Chubb,” allegedly supplied a mix of cocaine and fentanyl to the…
Homietos Motorcycle Gang Crushed
⏱ 3 min read Houston’s streets are a little safer after federal agents indicted 17 members and associates of the Homietos outlaw motorcycle gang. The group is accused of a brutal reign of violence – murder, attempted murder, assault – all to control territory and settle scores. The feds hit them with a sweeping RICO…
New Castle Dealer Gets 6+ Years
⏱ 3 min read Jauan Searcy, 44, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison for over six and a half years. The conviction comes after he pleaded guilty to pushing fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in the New Castle area between August 2023 and August 2024, and for being a convicted felon caught with…
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…
