Tag: Federal Prosecution
Garret Lee Monroe, Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force, Oklahoma 2025
⏱ 3 min read A brutal rape in Vinita, Oklahoma, left a 16-year-old shaken and scarred. The attack happened on November 30, 2025, when the minor victim was strangled and raped by 37-year-old Garret Lee Monroe, a member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming. Monroe was caught after a fight broke out between him…
Leslie B. Clark, Child Pornography Possession, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read A notorious child porn collector got 11+ years in the slammer after getting caught with kiddie pics at a halfway house in Missouri. Leslie B. Clark, 60, of Poplar Bluff, had a prior conviction for possessing child porn and was living at a Neelyville halfway house in May 2025. Investigators zeroed…
Samuel A. Griffith, Methamphetamine Distribution, Ohio 2026
⏱ 2 min read A massive methamphetamine operation was brought down in Hilliard, Ohio, last October when cops busted a hotel room stash containing over four kilograms of the deadly drug, 800 grams of fentanyl, and a partial kilogram of cocaine. Samuel A. Griffith, 35, of Ashville, Ohio, ran the operation from a Red Roof…
Elmer Enrique Ramirez-Ardon, Reentry into US, Maine 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan national was caught driving a white box truck in rural Maine with another undocumented alien on board. On March 12, 2026, U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Franklin County spotted the truck heading towards the U.S.-Canadian border, raising suspicions it contained aliens. The agents stopped the truck after it reversed…
Andre Pitts, Uttering a Counterfeit Obligation, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read A brazen scammer has been caught red-handed in Pittsburgh. Andre Pitts, 21, deposited an altered $62,211 US Treasury check in June 2023, claiming it was his tax refund for the previous year. The check had been issued months earlier to another individual, but Pitts managed to alter the payee info and…
Sharif Northington, Armed Robbery and Carjacking, Maryland 2022
⏱ 2 min read Baltimore’s streets just got a little safer as 23-year-old Sharif Northington heads to federal prison for the next 11 years. His crime spree included a string of armed robberies and a high-speed carjacking. Northington and his crew targeted multiple businesses in Northeast Baltimore in November 2022, always armed to the teeth…
Belton James, Fentanyl Trafficking, South Carolina 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old Belton man was busted with a stash of fentanyl worth a small fortune. Raimon Martez Gilliam, aka ‘Ray Money,’ sold 73 grams of the deadly synthetic opioid to a confidential informant in Kansas City on October 8, 2025. The informant handed Gilliam $5,400, and in return, he handed over…
Crisantos Garcia, Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 3 min read An alleged jailbreak plot has landed a New Mexico felon in hot water. Crisantos ‘Ventex’ Garcia, a suspected West Side Locos gang member, was charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses for allegedly helping inmate Dakota Briscoe escape from custody. On February 13, 2025, FBI agents executed search warrants at…
Omar Pouncy, Suborning Perjury, Michigan 2026
⏱ 2 min read Flint, MI – A carjacking con was caught red-handed trying to clear his name, literally, by bribing a witness to lie under oath. Omar Pouncy, 38, of Flint, pleaded guilty to suborning perjury in a Michigan federal court, just as his trial was heating up. Pouncy was already serving time for…
Jasen Butler, Bid Rigging, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read A South Florida fuel executive is going down for good after making off with $4.5 million in a brazen contract bid scam targeting the US Navy. Jasen Butler, 38, owner of Independent Marine Oil Services LLC, was sentenced to 5 years in prison and ordered to forfeit his ill-gotten gains after…
