Tag: Missouri
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…
Latasha L. Frison, Tax Fraud, Missouri 2020
⏱ 2 min read Latasha L. Frison, a 39-year-old former tax preparer from Cahokia, has been convicted of filing false tax returns for her clients in St. Louis, Missouri. Between 2020 and 2023, Frison falsified information on over a dozen tax returns, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in refunds that her clients were…
John R. Breault, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Missouri 2022
⏱ 2 min read On October 4, 2022, a routine surveillance operation by the Northeast Missouri Drug Task Force turned into a high-stakes bust when investigators caught John R. Breault, a 40-year-old felon from Palmyra, Missouri, with a cache of methamphetamine, firearms, and cash in La Belle, Missouri. Breault was under watch as he traveled…
Julien Cristobal-Perez, Re-Entering the United States, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 62-year-old Guatemalan national, Julien Cristobal-Perez, was caught re-entering the United States after being previously deported. The incident occurred on May 25, 2026, in Barry County, Missouri. Cristobal-Perez was indicted by a grand jury on June 30, 2026, for violating federal immigration law. The reason behind his re-entry is not specified,…
Cornelius Cardez Bray, Pharmacy Burglary, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read Cornelius Cardez Bray, 31, and David Jerome Evans, 31, both of Birmingham, Alabama, were involved in a brazen pharmacy burglary in Kennett, Missouri, on March 13, 2025. The duo made off with 16,800 pills, including 7,500 hydrocodone pills and 7,500 pills containing benzodiazepine drugs. Bray acted as the driver, while Evans…
Danny D. Garrett Jr., Methamphetamine and Cocaine Distribution, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Danny D. Garrett Jr., a 46-year-old North Kansas City, Missouri resident, has been charged with distributing and possessing methamphetamine and cocaine, as well as firearms offenses. The crimes allegedly occurred between May and June 2026, with law enforcement serving a federal search warrant at Garrett’s apartment on June 24, 2026. The…
Danny Wei Cheng, Harboring Illegal Aliens, Missouri 2026
A Jefferson City man was charged in federal court for harboring illegal aliens. Danny Wei Cheng, 46, self-surrendered on an arrest warrant related to a criminal complaint signed June 18, 2026, by Chief United States Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr. Cheng, who owns Dragon Kitchen, a Chinese Buffet in Jefferson City, is accused of…
Brian Lee Cox, Distributing Child Pornography, Missouri 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brian Lee Cox, a 39-year-old from Stockton, Missouri, has been sentenced to 230 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography over the internet. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough. Cox pleaded guilty to the charges on October 22, 2025, after authorities were alerted to…
