Tag: Los Angeles
Elias Abdul Shabazz, Sex Trafficking, California 2025
⏱ 2 min read Elias Abdul Shabazz, a 34-year-old former Riverside County resident, was found guilty of forcing and coercing a victim into commercial sex acts on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. The crimes occurred when Shabazz led the victim to believe they were in a romantic relationship, but he soon turned violent, demanding the…
Christopher Barret Johnson, Fentanyl Possession, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 42-year-old nonprofit worker, Christopher Barret Johnson, was arrested on May 5, 2026, in the MacArthur Park area of Los Angeles for possessing fentanyl. Johnson, a Culver City resident, works for People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), an organization that distributes syringes to homeless drug users. The arrest occurred when Los Angeles…
Ceasar Tubay Gelacio, Jr., Cocaine Importation, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ceasar Tubay Gelacio, Jr., a 43-year-old Philippines national, has been arrested for smuggling a massive 227 kilograms (500 pounds) of cocaine into the United States. The cocaine, which was hidden on an oil tanker, was intended to be delivered to a Mexican drug cartel. The ship, which was inbound from Ecuador,…
Wrackkie Quiogue, Possession of an Unregistered Destructive Device, California 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 28-year-old Long Beach man, Wrackkie Quiogue, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possessing a Molotov cocktail during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. The protest turned violent when members of the crowd threw rocks and bottles at law enforcement officials, prompting the…
Yvonette Joseph, COVID-19 Rent Aid Embezzlement, Massachusetts 2021
⏱ 2 min read A Minnesota woman who used to call Holliston, Mass. home, swiped over $100,000 in COVID-19 rental aid in Los Angeles last year. Yvonette Joseph, 45, allegedly received the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) funds after fake tenants identified her as the landlord of a property in LA. According to prosecutors, Joseph wired…
John Douglas Burch, Interstate Child Sex Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Los Angeles creep spent over a decade grooming and sex trafficking minors online, coercing them into creating and sending explicit content, and even using hotels in Pennsylvania to abuse them in person. John Douglas Burch, 56, was convicted at trial in January 2024 of using interstate commerce to entice a…
Shamim Mafi, Arms Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 44-year-old Iranian national living in the San Fernando Valley was busted Saturday night for allegedly selling deadly Iranian-made arms to Sudan – including drones, bombs, and millions of rounds of ammo. Shamim Mafi, a resident of Woodland Hills, reportedly brokered these lethal deals while enjoying life in the United States,…
Kelvin Henriques Jr., Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 32-year-old Los Angeles man is facing life in prison for running a massive methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution ring that spanned from California to Florida. Kelvin Henriques Jr. was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pensacola, Florida, last week, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to…
Dejuan Croom, Meth and Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A California man is going down for 23 years after getting caught running a meth and fentanyl operation in Sioux Falls. Dejuan Croom, 43, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to 23 years and 3 months in federal prison for his role in a California-Nevada based trafficking organization. Croom was part of…
Robert Charles Bowen, Hospice Scam, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of health care fraud, eight defendants, including three nurses, a chiropractor, and a psychologist, were arrested in Los Angeles for scheming to defraud the nation’s health care system out of over $50 million. The scam involved running sham hospice care facilities that bilked Medicare by using people…
