Tag: Maine

Marc Flore, Tampering with Consumer Products, Maine 2024
CONCORD – A Maine man has admitted to spiking ice cream with THC, leading to a health scare in Newmarket. Marc Flore, 45, from Portland, pleaded guilty in federal court for tampering with consumer products. Flore faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after authorities linked him to the batch of…

Devin Madigan, Child Pornography Possession, Maine 2025
A former Caribou man has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for possessing child pornography, according to a recent U.S. District Court ruling. Devin Madigan, 30, was ordered to pay $20,500 in restitution and undergo 10 years of supervised release following his guilty plea on February 4, 2025. According to court records, the National…

James Kiser, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Texas 2024
James Kiser, a 40-year-old Athens man, has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for his role in methamphetamine trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Kiser pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Campbell Barker on…

Bryan R. Chapman, Extortion, Pennsylvania 2023
HARRISBURG, PA – A former business executive is facing federal charges after allegedly attempting to shake down his old employer for a hefty payout. Bryan R. Chapman, 62, of Missouri, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Pennsylvania on charges of extortion, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.…

Darren Carlyle Sadler, Wire Fraud, California 2024
CHICAGO – Darren Carlyle Sadler, 38, of Costa Mesa, California, isn’t just facing a reckoning, he’s facing a federal prison cell. The slick businessman pleaded guilty Monday to a federal wire fraud charge for orchestrating a brazen $14 million scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a lifeline thrown to struggling businesses during the…

Tonya Settlemyer, Meth Distribution, Ohio 2024
Tonya Settlemyer: 30 Months for Meth Network Role Related Federal Cases Tarver Network Indicted: Drugs Flood Youngstown, Akron, Columbus · South Carolina Homestead Heroin Network Hit With New Charges · Pennsylvania Kevin Nicol Sentenced For Meth Distribution in PA · Pennsylvania Oxycodone & Meth Ring: Shaffer & Cesa Plead Guilty · Iowa Brentwood Woman Sentenced…

Brian K. Trent, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, West Virginia 2023
Brian K. Trent, 30, of Bradley, has been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The sentence, imposed by Chief United States District Judge Frank W. Volk, will be followed by three years of supervised release. According to court documents and statements made in…

John Labbe, Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking, Maine 2025
PORTLAND, Maine: In a stunning admission of guilt, John Labbe, 44, from Greene, Maine, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to federal drug and firearm charges. The charges stem from an incident in January 2025 when Labbe was apprehended by Lewiston police for unlawful operation of a vehicle. Officers discovered a handgun with a…

Sixto Christopher Porras, Embezzlement, California 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – Sixto Christopher Porras, 32, a former associate banker, is facing federal charges after allegedly pilfering a combined $440,000 from two unsuspecting customers while employed at a San Francisco branch of a major national bank. The brazen scheme involved obtaining customers’ debit card PINs and manipulating account access, according to a federal grand…

Joseph Dobie, Identity Theft and Medicaid Fraud, Maine 2025
Lewiston man Joseph Dobie, 36, has been charged with a string of offenses related to an alleged identity theft scheme. According to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, Dobie is accused of committing aggravated identity theft, making false statements relating to health care matters, and unlawfully using Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program…
