Tag: January 2009
Ke-Shawn Rivers, Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking, Dayton OH, 2024
⏱ 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…
Karen McGinnis Embezzled Public Funds, Mountain Top PA, 2026
⏱ 3 min read A trusted public official turned thief. Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison on March 17, 2026, after admitting she siphoned off over $400,000 from Fairview Township, Luzerne County, and the Crestwood School District between March 2023 and January 2025. McGinnis, the township’s…
Martavious Wilson, Carjacking, Memphis TN, 2024
⏱ 3 min read Martavious Wilson, 20, is trading Memphis streets for a federal cell after getting 130 months – over eleven years – for a November 9, 2024 carjacking. Wilson and a still-unnamed accomplice cornered a woman at 850 South Third Street while she was filling her tires and turned a routine task into…
James Sweat Charged with Fentanyl and Crack Trafficking, Norfolk VA…
⏱ 3 min read James Sweat, 40, of Norfolk, is staring down a long stretch behind bars after federal agents raided his home on December 18, 2025, and found a one-stop shop for poison and firepower. Sweat ran a full-blown drug operation out of his residence, peddling fentanyl and crack while illegally armed – a…
U.S. Attorney Darin Smith, Cocaine Pipeline Shutdown, Wyoming, 2023
⏱ 3 min read Five members of a cross-state cocaine ring are headed to federal prison after a three-year investigation culminated in final sentencing this week. The operation, a joint effort by multiple agencies, targeted a network funneling coke between Teton County, Wyoming, and Teton County, Idaho. U.S. Attorney Darin Smith will lay out the…
Franklin Ulises Rodriguez-Rivas, Kidnapping and Ransom Demand, San …
⏱ 2 min read Franklin Ulises Rodriguez-Rivas, a repeat deportee, is looking at a possible life sentence after being indicted for kidnapping and holding an undocumented immigrant hostage in San Antonio, Texas. The feds allege Rodriguez-Rivas demanded ransom for the victim’s release. The case blew up after his initial arrest by San Antonio Police on…
Brett Dadig, Harassed Eleven Women, Whitehall Borough PA, 2025
⏱ 3 min read Brett Dadig, 31, of Whitehall Borough, Pennsylvania, admitted in federal court yesterday to terrorizing eleven women with a multi-state campaign of harassment, stalking, and explicit threats. The reign of fear stretched from May to November 2025, and Dadig pleaded guilty before Judge Marilyn J. Horan on March 19, 2026. The feds…
Brooklynn Chandler Willy, Ran $2M Ponzi Scheme, Alabama, 2023
⏱ 2 min read Brooklynn Chandler Willy, a financial advisor operating in Alabama, confessed today to running a $2 million Ponzi scheme that left investors scrambling for cash. The fraud unfolded over an unspecified period in the Middle District of Alabama, with Willy using new money to pay off old investors while skimming off the…
Kevin Space, North Korea Hack Scheme, Cheyenne WY, 2024
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: North Korean Foreign Trade Bank Rep Charged for Role in Two Crypto Laundering Conspiracies Wyoming isn’t exactly known as a hotbed of international espionage, but three men learned the hard way that global crime knows no borders. Yesterday, a federal judge in Cheyenne handed down sentences to Kevin Space, 33;…
Gedeon “Papa Kwam” Agbeyome, Money Laundering, Kentucky, 2023
SILVER SPRING, MD – Gedeon “Papa Kwam” Agbeyome, 31, a citizen of Togo, will spend the next six years in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to a sprawling money laundering conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Matthew J. Maddox delivered the sentence today in Kentucky, bringing a close to a case that revealed a sophisticated network…
