Tag: Missouri
Travion X. Cutler, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Missouri 2024
⏱ 2 min read A convicted felon from East St. Louis, Travion X. Cutler, 34, has admitted to shooting a homeless man in downtown St. Louis on October 21, 2024. The victim was struck in the abdomen when Cutler fired a single shot from a .40 caliber handgun while walking around a tent. Cutler, who…
Andrew Raymond Crum, Child Exploitation, Missouri 2021
⏱ 2 min read Andrew Raymond Crum, a 33-year-old Ohio man, began exploiting a 14-year-old Missouri girl he met on an online gaming platform in 2021. He drove to Missouri to have sex with her in February 2024, when she was 16, and exchanged explicit images and videos via Snapchat. The FBI was alerted in…
David Scofield, Embezzlement of Labor Union Assets, Missouri 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A shocking case of embezzlement has come to light in the heart of Missouri. David Scofield, a 65-year-old former financial secretary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Local Lodge 21, has been sentenced to prison for federal charges in the Western District of Missouri. According to information presented in court, for…
Trevor Uhls, Wire Fraud, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Trevor Uhls, a 29-year-old from Lee’s Summit, Missouri, has been accused of running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 24 investors out of more than $2 million. The scheme, which allegedly started in 2025, involved Uhls promising investors high returns on storage unit investments. However, instead of investing the money,…
Jordan A. Porter, Child Pornography, Missouri 2023
⏱ 2 min read Jordan A. Porter, a 23-year-old man from Independence, Missouri, has been charged with receiving and possessing child pornography over the internet. Porter’s alleged crimes are linked to his involvement with a Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) group, which targets vulnerable populations, including minors. The investigation, led by Homeland Security Investigations, revealed that…
Erik Santana-Garcia, Sex Exploitation, Utah 2024
⏱ 2 min read Erik Santana-Garcia, a 34-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison without parole for sexually exploiting two minor victims and illegally reentering the United States. The crimes occurred in November 2024, when Santana-Garcia transported a minor, identified as Minor Victim 1, across state lines with…
Laneka Holmes, Social Security Benefits Theft, Missouri 2017
⏱ 2 min read Laneka Holmes, a 45-year-old woman from Florissant, Missouri, stole $170,000 in Social Security benefits after her relative’s death on May 23, 2017. The relative’s SSA payments were deposited into a joint account, and Holmes continued to receive the funds from May 2017 to April 2025 without reporting the death. The theft…
Gloria Burggraf, Social Security Administration Fraud, Missouri 2021
⏱ 2 min read Gloria Burggraf, a 70-year-old woman from Prairie Village, Kansas, has admitted to defrauding the Social Security Administration. Burggraf pleaded guilty in federal court to collecting nearly $95,000 in benefits over a four-year period after her former husband’s death in March 2021. She was aware that she was receiving her late husband’s…
Ronald Dale Thornton, III, Meth Distribution, Missouri 2024
[Image: A stock photo of a courtroom] Columbia, MO – In a shocking turn of events, a local man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison without parole for his role in a large-scale methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. Ronald Dale Thornton, III, 35, of Columbia, Missouri, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute more than…
Laneka Holmes, Social Security Benefit Theft, Missouri 2025
A Florissant woman has admitted to stealing a staggering $170,574 in Social Security benefits after the death of a relative. Laneka Holmes, 45, of Florissant, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of theft of government money. The crime occurred after the death of a relative on May 23, 2017,…
