Tag: Philadelphia
Xin Guang Guo, Murder for Hire, Pennsylvania 2025
⏱ 2 min read A North Carolina man tried to hire hitmen in Philly to kill his former business partner and his partner’s paramour for a cool $30,000. Xin Guang Guo, 48, of Plymouth, NC, wanted the two people dead, and was willing to pay top dollar for the hit. Related Federal Cases John Doe,…
Jimmy King, Jermaine King, Mahmud Sheppard, Methamphetamine Trafficking, California 2024
⏱ 2 min read Jimmy King, Jermaine King, and Mahmud Sheppard, all of Philadelphia, were allegedly behind a massive methamphetamine distribution ring that operated from January 2024 to July 2025, flooding the city and its surroundings with over 500 pounds of the highly addictive drug. The trio’s operation involved sourcing meth from California, using fake…
John Courtney Pollard, Election Threats, Pennsylvania 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 63-year-old Philadelphia man, John Courtney Pollard, has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for threatening to kill a Pennsylvania poll watcher. On September 6, 2024, Pollard sent four iMessages to the victim, a Regional Election Integrity Director, over the course of about 10 minutes. The messages included explicit threats,…
Jorge Adalberto Dejesus Rondon, Illegal Reentry, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Jorge Adalberto Dejesus Rondon, a 38-year-old Dominican national, and Warlin DeJesus Arnaud-Salcedo, a 41-year-old Dominican national, were sentenced to prison in March for illegally reentering the United States after prior deportations. The crimes occurred in Philadelphia, PA, where both men had previously been removed from the country. Dejesus Rondon had been…
Chihean Jones, Gas Station Murder, Pennsylvania 2023
⏱ 2 min read Chihean Jones, a 41-year-old Philadelphia man, was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a gas station attendant during an armed robbery in Philadelphia, PA. On January 17, 2023, Jones and his accomplices targeted a gas station on the 7100 block of Torresdale Avenue, planning to rob it. However, when the…
Michael Nixon, Armed Pharmacy Robbery, Pennsylvania 2021
⏱ 2 min read Michael Nixon, 31, of Philadelphia, robbed a pharmacy at gunpoint in the Kensington section of the city on December 22, 2021. At approximately 5:44 p.m., Nixon forced a pharmacy employee back into the store and demanded access to the controlled substances safe. He then pointed a black firearm at the employee…
Mikal McCracken, Armed Carjacking, Pennsylvania 2022
Philadelphia streets ran red with fear for over two years as a ruthless crew of carjackers terrorized drivers, leaving a trail of shattered glass, bullet holes, and one dead Marine in their wake. Now, five members of that crew are staring down the barrel of life sentences after a federal jury delivered guilty verdicts on…
Mikal McCracken, Carjacking Resulting in Death, Pennsylvania 2022
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Philly Guard Admits Pepper-Spray Rampage SEE ALSO: Billings Man Gets 4 Years for Gunpoint Threat PHILADELPHIA – A five-man crew faces decades in prison after a federal jury slammed them with convictions in a terrifying wave of armed carjackings that stretched across the city and ended in two deaths. The…
Christopher Knight, Pepper-Spraying Inmates, Pennsylvania 2000
⏱ 2 min read RELATED: Fraudster Lied on the Stand, Got Probation SEE ALSO: Deported Honduran Faces Federal Re-Entry Charge PHILADELPHIA – Christopher Knight, a former guard at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility, finally admitted today to a pattern of brutalizing inmates and lying about it to cover his tracks. The 47-year-old pleaded guilty to five…
Frank Hamilton, Loan Shark Scheme, California 2023
⏱ 3 min read Frank Hamilton, 55, of Simi Valley, California, is headed to federal prison for 5 and a half years after admitting he helped a network of crooks fleece banks and the Small Business Administration out of $6.09 million. Judge Wendy Beetlestone handed down the 66-month sentence in Philadelphia yesterday, along with two…
