Tag: Federal Prosecution
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…
Meth King Gets 20 Years
⏱ 3 min read Kenny Ray Smith, a 62-year-old from Whitesboro, Oklahoma, is headed to federal prison for two decades after a jury found him guilty of peddling meth. Federal prosecutors say Smith made two separate sales – 27.85 grams on June 27, 2024, and 52.9 grams on July 9, 2024 – to undercover agents…
Chinatown Walgreens Hit: 10.5 Years for Plotter
⏱ 3 min read Gianni Robinson, 28, is headed to federal prison for a decade and a half after orchestrating a series of seven brazen armed robberies targeting the Walgreens on 7th Street NW in D.C.’s Chinatown. From July 2023 to February 2024, Robinson used his connections—including a crooked uncle and store manager—to turn the…
Cocaine Ring Busted: Feds Nab Final Dealer
⏱ 2 min read Cheyenne, WY – Federal authorities are set to detail the takedown of a three-year, bi-state cocaine operation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Wyoming will hold a press conference Friday to announce the culmination of the investigation, which spanned Teton County, Wyoming, and Teton County, Idaho. The final defendant in the ring…
Casino Bomb Threat Lands Man in Court
⏱ 3 min read Joshua Mark Davis, 37, of Meridian, is staring down a decade in federal prison after admitting he called in a bomb threat to the Silver Star Hotel & Casino on the Choctaw Indian Reservation back in May 2022. The threat triggered a response from Choctaw Police, who quickly traced the call…
DC Dealer Gets 20 Months for Fentanyl Flood
⏱ 3 min read Maurice Tutt, 52, is headed to federal prison for 20 months after admitting he peddled hundreds of deadly fentanyl pills on the streets of Southeast Washington. The D.C. man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, stemming from a months-long operation centered around the Potomac Gardens Housing Project. The…
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,…
Predator Gets 10 Years in Knoxville
⏱ 3 min read Ryan Patrick Garrett, 41, of Maryville, Tennessee, is headed to federal prison for a decade. On March 18, 2026, U.S. District Judge Katherine A. Crytzer handed Garrett a 120-month sentence for attempting to meet with two young girls – ages nine and twelve – with the intent to commit sexual acts.…
Quebec Man Jailed for CSAM
⏱ 3 min read Anthony Hamel, 25, of Cowansville, Quebec, will spend the next two years in federal prison after customs agents found a sickening trove of child pornography on his phone. Hamel tried to cross into the US at the Morses Line Port of Entry on May 9, 2025, claiming he was meeting an…
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…
