Tag: KSP
Daniel Hoskins, Child Pornography Production, Kentucky 2025
⏱ 2 min read Daniel Hoskins, a 56-year-old inmate at the Madison County Detention Center in Kentucky, orchestrated a heinous crime from behind bars. On June 2 and 3, 2025, Hoskins coerced a minor into producing child pornography using the detention center’s video jail call system. The disturbing incident occurred while Hoskins was incarcerated, highlighting…
Ricky Helton, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Kentucky 2024
⏱ 2 min read Ricky Helton, a 48-year-old Georgetown, Kentucky man, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. On October 24, 2024, Helton met an individual in Lexington to purchase methamphetamine, but law enforcement approached his vehicle and found one pound of the…
Brailen Weaver, Armed Bank Robbery, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 3 min read A gruesome daylight bank robbery in Berea, Kentucky, left two people dead. Brailen Weaver, 30, stormed into the US Bank on April 30, 2026, at 1:57 p.m. and opened fire on bank employees. Weaver, hooded and wearing a black mask, killed a bank employee and a teller before ransacking the bank…
Lexington Smith, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Kentucky 2023
⏱ 2 min read A massive methamphetamine dealer in Lexington, Kentucky, has been put away for a decade. Osama Omar Qasem, 29, was busted for peddling over 700 grams of the deadly drug to an undercover informant in a series of four controlled transactions. The informant, working with law enforcement, had arranged for four controlled…
Victorian Valdimar Hardaway, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 3 min read A federal jury in Lexington, Kentucky, convicted a local man of orchestrating a massive fentanyl and methamphetamine operation, netting millions in profits. Victorian Valdimar Hardaway, 36, was found guilty of conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, and a detectable amount of oxycodone.…
