Tag: North Carolina
John Doe, Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2023
⏱ 3 min read Halifax County’s streets ran red with a deadly threat last year. Lorenizo Reshaud Simmons, 33, peddled over 40 grams of fentanyl, a toxic cocktail that can kill in mere seconds. The convicted felon had a history of dealing opioids and oxycodone. His game was simple: profit off the addiction of his…
John Doe, Possession of Firearms and Narcotics, California 2022
⏱ 2 min read A Charlotte man, Terence Gerod McBride, 39, is headed to federal prison for 22 years after a string of gun and drug trafficking crimes. CMPD officers tried to stop McBride’s SUV on June 15, 2023, but he refused to stop, discarding a backpack containing a Glock pistol, cocaine, and cash onto…
Unque Temoney, Carjacking & Firearm Offense, Wilmington NC, 2024
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Unque Tyshaun Temoney, 29, is headed back to prison for a long stretch after receiving a 210-month federal sentence for carjacking and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The sentence, handed down this week, closes a case stemming from a brazen December 2020 incident on 9th Street where Temoney…
Kojo Dartey, Gun Smuggling, Wilmington NC, 2024
WILMINGTON, N.C. – A U.S. Army Major is facing up to 240 months in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of a brazen international gun smuggling operation. Kojo Owusu Dartey, 42, currently stationed at Fort Liberty, was convicted on six federal charges: dealing in firearms without a license, delivering firearms without notice to…
Christian Michael Hall, FEMA Fraud, North Carolina 2024
Christian Michael Hall, 49, of Drexel, North Carolina, has been charged with defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by falsely claiming his property was damaged by Tropical Storm Helene. According to the indictment, on September 30, 2024, Hall filed an application for disaster assistance with FEMA seeking benefits for a residence in Valdese, North…
Soviet Illegals Fentanyl Empire Cracks
⏱ 2 min read A 49-year-old Soviet-born fugitive, Janusz Pachomow, used the dark web to orchestrate a massive fentanyl and ecstasy trafficking operation, shipping deadly packages across the US through the mail. Pachomow, an illegal alien, enlisted co-conspirators from Europe and Australia to help him peddle the poison. He’d receive encrypted orders via email and…
John Doe, Methamphetamine Trafficking, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read A California-based meth and fentanyl ring got a taste of its own poison when Fortunato Beltran, 45, was sentenced to 31 years in federal prison for orchestrating bulk shipments of the deadly drugs into Eastern North Carolina. Beltran’s operation, which shipped in over $100,000 worth of meth and fentanyl, was dismantled…
Fortunato Beltran, Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking, North Carolina 2025
A federal judge sentenced Fortunato Beltran, 45, to 31 years in federal prison for conspiracy to sell methamphetamine and fentanyl and selling methamphetamine and fentanyl. On November 21, 2025, a federal jury convicted Inmate Beltran of the charges. “Fentanyl kills everyone, especially our kids. This California thug brought his Mexican poison here to kill children…
Professor John Smith, Research Grant Fraud, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Raleigh professor and his biotech firm are cooking the books, allegedly faking research grants for millions of dollars, and now they owe the US a cool $152,500. Related Federal Cases Amgen Inc, Pharmaceutical Misrepresentation, California 2024 · Kentucky John Doe, Money Laundering, North Carolina 2023 · Kentucky Martynec, Andrade, Mortgage…
Troy Barnes, Internet Ponzi Scheme, Charlotte NC, 2017
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Riverview, Michigan man is headed to federal prison after being sentenced for masterminding a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme that sucked in over 10,000 victims across the globe. Troy Barnes, 53, received 33 months in prison today, along with a hefty $4.7 million forfeiture order and $302,297 in restitution to those he…
