Tag: Louisville
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…
James Culver, Explosives Theft, Kentucky 2025
⏱ 2 min read Two Louisville scammers got caught red-handed after helping themselves to 438 pounds of explosive materials worth a cool $250,000 from a construction site off Bardstown Road. Related Federal Cases John Doe, Western Union Scam, California 2022 · Kentucky Amgen Inc, Pharmaceutical Misrepresentation, California 2024 · Kentucky 23andMe, Data Auction Without Consent,…
Quinnton Dawson, Child Exploitation, Kentucky 2024
Louisville, KY – Quinnton Dawson, 35, is facing decades in federal prison after a jury convicted him on nine counts of exploiting a child, a case that lays bare the failures of a system meant to protect the most vulnerable. The verdict, delivered last Thursday after a grueling week-long trial, confirms what investigators suspected: Dawson…
