Tag: Marion County Sheriff’s Office
Jiaan Cao, Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Chinese national, Jiaan Cao, 33, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a sophisticated gold scam that targeted victims in Ocala, Florida. The scam, which took place between October 2024 and December 12, 2024, involved Cao and his co-conspirators gaining access to victims’ computers,…
Marlon Jefferson Fajardo-Paiz, Child Sex Abuse Material Distribution, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan national was sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material and reentering the US after deportation. Marlon Jefferson Fajardo-Paiz, 22, was previously removed from the country on July 20, 2018, and had no permission to apply for readmission. During an investigation into a…
Shawn Grunther, Attempted Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity, Florida 2025
⏱ 3 min read Shawn Grunther, 42, thought he’d found an easy mark in a 14-year-old Ocala girl he lured online. But instead, he got caught by Homeland Security agents who posed as the underage girl. Grunther’s attempt to meet the minor for sex ended with his arrest on July 24, 2025, in Marion County.…
Michael Johnson, Attempted Child Enticement, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Deltona predator thought he’d found his next victim online, but what he got was a cop in disguise. Keiron Jashua Williams, 23, was busted by a Marion County Sheriff’s Office detective posing as a 13-year-old girl in June 2025. Williams, a degenerate, engaged in a sickening online conversation with the…
