Tag: Maine
Dewar Francisco Beriguete-Hernandez, Fentanyl Trafficking, Maine 2025
PORTLAND, Maine A Dominican national was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute. Chief U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker sentenced Dewar Francisco Beriguete-Hernandez, 21, to three years in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. Beriguete-Hernandez was convicted on October 24, 2025,…
Richard Harris, Bank Fraud, Maine 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Florida man’s crime spree in southern Maine has landed him in federal prison. Richard Harris, 23, of Fort Lauderdale, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft after he and a coconspirator broke into cars, stole IDs and checkbooks, and cashed forged checks at a federal credit union. The…
Lawrence Okeyo, Aiding and Assisting False Tax Returns, Maine 2025
A South Portland man was sentenced to two years in prison for aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns for others and filing false tax returns for himself, according to court records and testimony at trial. Lawrence Okeyo, 48, was convicted on October 29, 2025, following a three-day jury trial in U.S. District…
Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, Entering the US without Inspection, Maine 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brazen border bust in rural Maine caught a 27-year-old UK citizen trying to sneak into the US without inspection. Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, 27, and three other men were spotted walking down the Golden Road in Somerset County during the pre-dawn hours of April 3, 2026. The men, who claimed to…
Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, Entering US Without Inspection, Maine 2026
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John Cornish, Threats, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 1 min read A 25-year-old Cornish man made good on his promise to deliver a ‘visit VERY soon’ to a rival’s ‘kind’ on social media, but not in the way he intended. Blake Tibbetts pleaded guilty in US District Court in Portland to transmitting a threatening interstate communication. Tibbetts’ violent rant, laced with a…
Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah, Entering the US without Inspection, Maine 2026
⏱ 2 min read An 18-year-old from the UK, Ali Mohammed Ali Abdullah, was caught sneaking into Maine in the dead of night. Abdullah and three others walked through the woods on the US-Canada border in Franklin County, just a few hundred yards from a US port of entry. They were spotted by a passerby…
Brent Ouellette, Cyberstalking, Maine 2025
⏱ 2 min read A twisted cyberstalker from Lewiston, Maine, has been locked up for 18 months after terrorizing his victim online with explicit content, fake personas, and swiped social media credentials. According to court records, Brent Ouellette, 34, posted sexually explicit videos and pictures of his victim without consent, contacted her pretending to be…
Dustin Davenport, Child Pornography Distribution, Maine 2022
⏱ 3 min read A New Sweden, Maine man was caught trading child abuse images online, and now he’s facing serious time behind bars. Dustin Davenport, 30, used a cloud-based messaging service to swap sick pics and videos of kids being exploited. Investigators got a search warrant for his pad and found the evidence on…
Emily Wilson, Assault, Oregon 2020
⏱ 2 min read It was a brutal beating that left a 30-year-old woman for dead in a Portland, Maine alleyway. The victim, whose name has been withheld to protect her identity, was found by police on a chilly April night in 2023, her body battered and bruised. The case is a stark reminder of…
