Tag: Louisville
Calvin Allen, Fentanyl Distribution, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 2 min read Calvin Allen, a 37-year-old Louisville man, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for distributing fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Between May and November 2025, Allen sold fentanyl powder to a confidential informant on nine occasions, totaling 712.84 grams. He also possessed a Glock…
James Moorman, Cocaine Trafficking, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 2 min read A major drug trafficking operation in Louisville, Kentucky has been dismantled, with seven individuals indicted for conspiring to distribute large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine. The suspects, including Michael Morris, Lajuan Sanders, James Moorman, Wayne Allen, Miriam Thompson-Morris, Gary Ross, and Jeffery Roberson, were charged following a lengthy investigation by the…
Ascend Elements, False Claims, Kentucky 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ascend Elements, a Massachusetts-based lithium-ion battery materials manufacturer, scammed the US Department of Energy out of millions in a Kentucky project. Between September 18, 2023, and February 18, 2025, the company submitted inflated reimbursement claims for work on its Apex-1 battery materials project in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The claims included excessive labor…
Matthew Ryan Elkins, Narcotics Tampering, Kentucky 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Crestwood nurse anesthetist, Matthew Ryan Elkins, 41, was sentenced to 6 years and 5 months in federal prison for narcotics-related offenses. The crimes occurred in Louisville, Kentucky, where Elkins worked at a pain treatment center, and were committed over a period of at least three months. Elkins was caught by…
Tracy Davenport, Wire Fraud, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tracy Davenport, a 51-year-old Louisville woman, was at the center of a scheme that defrauded over 50 customers in Louisville, Kentucky, between May 2021 and December 2022. Davenport and others working under her direction convinced customers to sign contracts for pool installation projects, collecting large down payments upfront. However, instead of…
Kevin Ryan Straw, Wire Fraud, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Lexington, Kentucky, man swindled his own fraternal organization out of $187,000 in a brazen wire fraud scheme. Kevin Ryan Straw, 40, served as President of Metropolitan Lodge 32, Fraternal Order of Police, based in Louisville, Ky., before being caught. Between 2021 and 2024, Straw defrauded at least ten individuals out…
Joseph Lanham, Money Laundering, Kentucky 2023
⏱ 2 min read Joseph Lanham, a 43-year-old Louisville man, was involved in a years-long conspiracy to launder money from his own drug trafficking activity. From April 2016 to May 2023, Lanham conspired with others to hide his drug proceeds, using the funds to acquire real estate, vehicles, and a luxury speedboat. The scheme ultimately…
Darrell Malone, Fentanyl Trafficking, Kentucky 2026
⏱ 3 min read Darrell Malone, a 35-year-old Louisville man, has been charged with fentanyl trafficking and firearms offenses after a federal search warrant turned up over 400 grams of the deadly opioid. The raid, which took place on May 7, 2026, was the result of an investigation into Malone’s alleged multi-kilogram fentanyl operation in…
Thomas Gunter, Fentanyl Trafficking, Kentucky 2023
⏱ 2 min read A lethal fentanyl factory in Louisville, Kentucky, has been shut down for good, thanks to a 31-year prison sentence for Thomas Gunter. Gunter, a repeat offender with a violent past, orchestrated the operation, which pushed massive quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine onto the city’s streets. He was often armed with a…
Sarah Morris, Meth Trafficking, Kentucky 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Louisville woman’s habit of delivering three-pound packages of methamphetamine to Eastern Kentucky’s streets has finally caught up with her. Sarah Morris, 33, just finished an 80-month sentence for her role in a major methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. Morris, who had a knack for cultivating relationships with suppliers, would regularly ship pound…
