Tag: Missouri
Derek Rockette, Cocaine Trafficking, Missouri 2019
⏱ 2 min read Derek Rockette, a 53-year-old St. Louis felon, has been involved in a large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering operation from at least 2016 to 2021. Rockette, along with others, sold cocaine and laundered the proceeds, but lost over $1.5 million of it while gambling. He attempted to repay the money to…
Trevor Uhls, Ponzi Scheme, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 29-year-old Lee’s Summit man, Trevor Uhls, is accused of running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded over $2.1 million from individual investors in Missouri. The alleged scheme involved promising investors a 10-15% return on their principal investment after 30, 60, or 90 days through promissory note contracts. However, investors reportedly received…
Natavia Boyd-Wells, Medicaid Fraud, Missouri 2022
⏱ 2 min read Natavia Boyd-Wells, the 42-year-old owner of Touch of the Heart Home Health Care LLC, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the Missouri Medicaid Program and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of $210,000. The scam, which involved submitting hundreds of fraudulent reimbursement claims, was perpetrated in…
Donald Eugene Fields II, Child Sex Trafficking, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read Donald Eugene Fields II, a 62-year-old former FBI Most Wanted fugitive, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for child sex trafficking in Missouri. Fields provided sexual access to a child in exchange for cash and other items of value from his friend and co-defendant, Theodore “Ted” John Sartori Sr.,…
Matthew R. Alsup, Murder-for-hire, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read Matthew R. Alsup, a 52-year-old man from Dexter, Missouri, tried to arrange for the murder of his estranged wife in Ohio. In early August 2025, Alsup traveled to Mississippi to recruit a former tenant to carry out the hit. He wanted his wife dead because she planned to file for divorce.…
Dennis E. McMullen, Fentanyl Trafficking, Missouri 2024
⏱ 2 min read Dennis E. McMullen, a 69-year-old from Purdy, Missouri, has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for trafficking a cocktail of deadly drugs, including fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin. The bust went down on July 30, 2024, when investigators from the DEA, Ozarks Drug Enforcement Team, and Barry County Sheriff’s Office…
James B. Link, Distribution of Fentanyl, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read A devastating fentanyl deal in Farmington, Missouri, ended in tragedy when a man overdosed and died after receiving a fatal dose from James B. Link. On June 14, 2025, Link and the victim exchanged messages about fentanyl pills, and Link’s vehicle was spotted leaving the victim’s home shortly before the death.…
Brooke Haller, Prescription Forgery, Kansas 2024
⏱ 2 min read A former Kansas City nurse, Brooke Haller, 41, has lost her nursing license and is banned for life from working at hospitals that receive federal funding after forging prescriptions for Percocet and Oxycodone. Haller, who worked as a registered nurse at a Kansas City, Kansas hospital, used a coworker’s prescription pad…
Viridiana Luna-Mejia, Theft of Government Money, Missouri 2021
⏱ 2 min read Viridiana Luna-Mejia, a 34-year-old Kansas City woman, has been indicted for scamming the government out of nearly $40,000 in SNAP benefits. From 2021 to 2026, Luna-Mejia allegedly made false statements to the Missouri Department of Social Services to obtain the benefits, which are meant to help low-income individuals purchase food. She…
Joseph Burchett, Gun Sale and Robbery, Missouri 2024
⏱ 2 min read Joseph Burchett, a 26-year-old gang leader from St. Louis, was involved in a string of illegal activities, including the sale of guns to an undercover ATF agent and the subsequent robbery of that agent. The crimes took place in St. Louis, Missouri, between April and August 2024. Burchett, who pleaded guilty…
