Tag: HSI
Predator Back in the Hole: NH Man Faces More Time
⏱ 2 min read Marc Jacques, 52, of Newbury, New Hampshire, is looking at a potential lifetime behind bars after federal agents found a new stash of child sexual abuse material hidden in his home. The bust came just months after Jacques pleaded guilty to distributing similar content, a sentence he was already serving when…
Vermont Woman Faces 20 Years in Crack Deal
⏱ 3 min read Jodi Palmer, 48, of Monkton, Vermont, is looking at up to two decades in federal prison after allegedly peddling crack cocaine to a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) informant last July. The deal – roughly four grams of cocaine base – went down on July 26, 2024. Palmer wasn’t a free woman…
Quebec Man Sentenced in VT Child Porn Case
⏱ 3 min read Anthony Hamel, 25, of Cowansville, Quebec, is going to federal prison for two years. Border agents at the Morses Line Port of Entry in Vermont caught him red-handed on May 9, 2025, with a digital library of child pornography on his phone. He’d claimed he was meeting an 18-year-old; instead, he…
Knoxville Predator Gets 10 Years
⏱ 3 min read Ryan Garrett, 41, of Maryville, Tennessee, is trading freedom for a decade in federal prison. The bust went down March 13, 2025, in Knoxville, after a sting operation revealed Garrett was arranging to meet a nine-year-old and a twelve-year-old for sex. The Tennessee Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force had…
Tulsa Dealer’s High-Stakes Hand
⏱ 3 min read Geovanny Alexander Pineda-Cubias, 25, is in deep trouble with the feds after a routine traffic stop spiraled into a major drug and weapons bust in Tulsa. The El Salvadoran national, already deported and illegally back in the U.S., allegedly ran a small-time cocaine operation out of his residence. Law enforcement caught…
Dayton Dealer’s $260K Fentanyl Stash
⏱ 3 min read Ke-Shawn Rivers, 46, known on the streets as “JayZ,” is facing serious federal time after a March 11th raid on his Dayton home turned up a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and cocaine – eleven kilos worth. Alongside the drugs, investigators seized a staggering $260,000 in cash and two firearms, one immediately…
Dayton Predator Caged: 22+ Years
⏱ 3 min read David Snell, 37, is heading to federal prison for over two decades. The Dayton, Ohio man was sentenced today to 270 months – 22 years and 6 months – for preying on teenage girls online. Between May and July of this year, Snell used Reddit to target vulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds,…
Kirtland Predator Gets 20 Years
⏱ 3 min read Todd Oravecz, 45, of Kirtland, Ohio, will spend the next two decades in federal prison after admitting he was a digital predator. Oravecz was sentenced Thursday by Chief Judge Sara Lioi to 240 months – 20 years – for trafficking in horrific images and videos of child sexual abuse. He’ll also…
Border Blitz: Meth & Coke Ring Falls
⏱ 3 min read Two Colorado women and a man are facing serious time after a massive drug shipment was intercepted in New Mexico. Reymondo Maldonado, 43, Ebajelina Silva, 41, and Tania Maldonado, 42, allegedly ran a pipeline funnelling meth and cocaine from Mexico through New Mexico starting in November 2023. The operation was finally…
Gift Card Scam Bleeds Millions
⏱ 3 min read A shadowy network of overseas criminals drained millions from Americans over two years, using stolen funds to buy high-end electronics shipped out of the country. The scam, active from October 1, 2023, to September 1, 2025, preyed on vulnerable people through classic cons – elder fraud, romance scams, and outright hacking…
