Tag: Maryland
Chouby Charleron, Wire Fraud, New Jersey 2025
⏱ 2 min read Chouby Charleron, a 27-year-old from Severn, Maryland, orchestrated a massive scheme to traffic personal identifying information (PII) of thousands of unwitting individuals in New Jersey and beyond. From at least February 2020 to January 2024, Charleron accessed and sold the PII, including Social Security numbers, to a network of co-conspirators through…
Brendyn Andrew, SNAP Benefits Fraud, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brendyn Andrew, a 34-year-old from Gaithersburg, Maryland, was the mastermind behind a SNAP benefits fraud scheme that involved misusing identities of over 30 individuals to obtain electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards. Between February and June 2021, Andrew used the Department of Human Services’ online system to apply for SNAP benefits, intentionally…
Simone Unadrea Avery, Child Sexual Exploitation, Maryland 2024
⏱ 2 min read A former Baltimore daycare worker has been indicted on child sexual exploitation charges. Simone Unadrea Avery, 23, is accused of producing and possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while working at a daycare center as a substitute. The crimes allegedly occurred on April 23, 2024, when Avery produced two image files…
Marcus Devonta Williams, Cocaine Distribution, Maryland 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 47-year-old Maryland man, Marcus Devonta Williams, was sentenced to 5.8 years in prison for distributing massive quantities of cocaine in the Washington DC area. Williams was the local distributor in a large-scale trafficking conspiracy that funneled multi-kilogram quantities of the drug from New York into the DC metropolitan area. According…
Jacque Brown, Fentanyl Trafficking, Maryland 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jacque ‘Hammer’ Brown, a 50-year-old Baltimore County man, pleaded guilty to federal charges after being caught with fentanyl during a traffic stop in Randallstown, Maryland, in April 2025. Brown, who was under investigation by the DEA for dealing fentanyl in the Baltimore region, attempted to flee from law enforcement but was…
Philip James Dupree, Arson, Maryland 2018
⏱ 2 min read A former Maryland law enforcement officer, Philip James Dupree, was involved in a brazen crime spree that included arson, wire fraud, and bank fraud conspiracies in Greenbelt, MD. Dupree, 42, of Pikesville, and his co-conspirator, Mark Ross Johnson, Jr., 38, of Camp Springs, hatched a scheme to defraud an insurance company…
Jose Ramos Lopez, Murder, Maryland 2023
⏱ 2 min read An El Salvadoran illegal alien, Jose Ramos Lopez, 26, played a role in the brutal murder of a minor in Frederick, Maryland. On February 24, 2023, MS-13 gang members, including the victim, gathered outside an apartment complex before luring the victim to a wooded area to smoke marijuana. There, gang members…
Brandon Sartor, Sex Trafficking, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read Brandon Sartor, a 33-year-old Maryland man, has been accused of forcing two adult women into prostitution in Miami and other locations. The alleged sex trafficking occurred from December 2024 to April 2025, with Sartor transporting the victims across state lines for his financial gain. The indictment, returned by a federal grand…
Dominick Mackall, Firearm and Drug Trafficking, Maryland 2022
⏱ 2 min read Dominick Mackall, a 37-year-old from Lexington Park, Maryland, has been sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for his involvement in firearm and drug trafficking crimes. On October 26, 2022, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Mackall’s residence, uncovering multiple loaded firearms, including a ghost gun, and numerous rounds of…
Philip James Dupree, Arson, Bank Fraud, Wire Fraud, Maryland 2024
A former Fairmount Heights Police Department officer has been sentenced to 70 months in prison for his role in a wire-fraud conspiracy that also involved arson and bank fraud. Philip James Dupree, 42, of Pikesville, Maryland was sentenced to 70 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire…
