Tag: Knoxville
Seayon Weston, Fentanyl Distribution, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 471-gram fentanyl haul and three guns seized in a Knoxville home raid have landed a local man in hot water. Seayon Weston, 39, faces federal charges for fentanyl distribution, firearms offenses, and being a felon in possession of firearms. According to DEA Special Agent Jason Klingler’s affidavit, the Knoxville Police…
Kasey Lynn Skaggs, Interstate Travel for Illicit Sex and Tampering with a Victim, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 27-year-old Florida woman was caged for five-and-a-half years for traveling across state lines to have sex with a 14-year-old girl in Tennessee’s Eastern District. Kasey Lynn Skaggs, of Jacksonville, was sentenced April 30, 2026, after pleading guilty to two federal charges: interstate travel for illicit sex and tampering with a…
Smith Johnson, PPP Loan Fraud, Tennessee 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Tennessee firm, Takahata Precision Tennessee, Inc., just got a hefty dose of reality for trying to pull a fast one on the feds. The Knoxville-based company agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations it received and got forgiveness for a Paycheck Protection Program loan while ineligible. Congress created the…
Ryan Patrick Garrett, Child Enticement, California 2023
⏱ 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.…
Ryan Patrick Garrett, Attempted Predation, Maryville TN, 2023
A Blount County man is trading his freedom for a federal prison cell after attempting to prey on two young girls. Ryan Patrick Garrett, 41, of Maryville, Tennessee, was sentenced Monday to 120 months – ten years – in federal lockup by U.S. District Judge Katherine Crytzer. The sentence concludes a case that sent shockwaves…
Ryan Garrett, Attempted Enticement of a Minor, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 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…
