Tag: Memphis
Dakota A. Smith, Ponzi Scheme, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Florida man Dakota A. Smith, 35, got slammed with 15 years in the slammer for running a brazen Ponzi scheme that swindled investors out of $20 million. The scam ran from 2021 to 2024, with Smith touting fake ownership of e-commerce and aviation companies to unsuspecting investors across the US. Smith’s…
Deon Scott, Bribery, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former Internal Affairs Investigator for the Shelby County Division of Corrections, Deon Scott, 41, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for bribery. Scott smuggled contraband, including narcotics, into the facility while employed, receiving at least $3,200 in bribes. The crimes occurred at the Shelby County Division of…
Edward Allen, Murder, Tennessee 2023
⏱ 3 min read Edward Allen, aka E-Money, and Deandre Rodgers, aka Dre, two high-ranking members of the Unknown Vice Lords gang, carried out a calculated, execution-style murder of a fellow gang member in Memphis, Tennessee. The killing was in retaliation for the murder of the gang’s Supreme Elite Chief, the leader of the Unknown…
Mario Patterson, Bank Robbery, Tennessee 2023
⏱ 2 min read Mario Patterson, a 45-year-old Memphis man, has been sentenced to 579 months in federal prison for his role in a series of bank robberies in and around Memphis between April 2023 and December 2023. Patterson, along with seven other co-defendants, participated in a conspiracy to rob banks, using firearms during the…
Erick Chaparro-Gamboa, Cocaine Trafficking, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 58-kilogram cocaine shipment bound for West Tennessee was intercepted by law enforcement, leading to the conviction of Denver, Colorado trafficker Erick Chaparro-Gamboa. On August 9, 2025, Texas Department of Safety troopers stopped a vehicle driven by Chaparro-Gamboa and found the massive haul hidden in a speaker box. The estimated street…
Adrienne Rosse, Cyberstalking, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Tennessee woman is behind bars for a vicious cyberstalking campaign against a prosecutor who dared to pursue her husband for rape. Adrienne Rosse, 37, of Arlington, mailed anonymous letters and explicit photos to the Tennessee Attorney General, local news reporters, and even defense attorneys. The harassment was a cry for…
Unused Meds Pile Up – DEA Collects on 30th Take Back Day
⏱ 2 min read From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 25th, the DEA is collecting your unused meds. Yeah, we said your meds – the ones you’ve been holding onto in your medicine cabinet for months, maybe years. The ones that could be misused, stolen, or worse. The 30th National Prescription Drug…
Darius Moore, Fentanyl Trafficking, Tennessee 2022
⏱ 2 min read In a brutal display of deadly greed, three Memphis men were sentenced for their roles in a massive fentanyl trafficking operation that ravaged the city’s streets. Darius Moore, 39, and Mervin Anderson, 40, were convicted alongside Mario Gardner, 49, for conspiring to distribute the highly addictive and lethal synthetic opioid, fentanyl.…
Robert Johnson, Kidnapping, Tennessee 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Memphis man’s twisted game of cat and mouse ended in disaster when he was caught kidnapping his ex-girlfriend, whom he’d physically assaulted and forced back to Tennessee. Elmer Smith, 39, made the fateful trip from Memphis to Southaven, MS, on February 15, 2024, in search of his victim, who was…
Julio Cesar Garcia, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Tennessee 2023
⏱ 3 min read Two brothers, Julio Cesar Garcia and Juan Carlos Garcia, were convicted of running a massive methamphetamine ring in West Tennessee. The Mexican nationals, already serving time, used prison contraband phones to deal kilogram amounts of meth from behind bars. According to investigators, Julio Cesar was serving a 120-month sentence at the…
