Tag: pittsburgh
Drew Michael Kozlowski, Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 45-year-old Sharpsburg, PA resident, Drew Michael Kozlowski, has been indicted for distributing, receiving, and possessing child sexual abuse material. The alleged crimes occurred in March and June 2026. Kozlowski is accused of receiving and attempting to receive material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor on March 27, 2026, and…
Luis Rojas Cay, Gun Possession, Ohio 2024
⏱ 2 min read Luis Rojas Cay, a 29-year-old from Youngstown, Ohio, was caught attempting to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico, from the Pittsburgh International Airport on April 26, 2024, with a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun, two unloaded handguns, and approximately 204 rounds of 9mm ammunition concealed in his checked luggage. Rojas Cay, a…
DeConta Harrison, Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Sixteen Pittsburgh residents have been indicted on cocaine trafficking conspiracy charges for their alleged roles in distributing crack cocaine and other cocaine-based substances throughout the city. The indictment, unsealed after the defendants’ arrests, reveals that the conspiracy took place between November 2025 and July 2026. Led by 48-year-old DeConta Harrison, the…
Tracey Smith, Bank Fraud, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tracey Smith, a 58-year-old woman from Clairton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 76 months in prison for embezzling over $1.17 million from two former employers in Pittsburgh. The sentence, handed down by Chief United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon on July 21, 2026, comes after Smith pleaded guilty to bank fraud…
James Clark, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 39-year-old Pittsburgh resident, James Clark, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for trafficking and sexually exploiting a minor. The crimes occurred in Clark’s Carrick neighborhood residence, where he provided shelter to a female runaway minor in exchange for sex. Clark also produced images of the minor engaging in…
Rafael Gary, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rafael Gary, a 31-year-old Pittsburgh resident, was busted by Pittsburgh Bureau of Police on December 9, 2022, in the East Hills section of the city. Gary was pulled over for a traffic violation, but officers soon discovered he was concealing illegal materials in his vehicle. A search warrant revealed a handgun,…
Jamar Perminter, Violating Federal Firearm and Narcotics Laws, Pennsylvania 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jamar Perminter, a 26-year-old Pittsburgh resident, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for violating federal firearm and narcotics laws. On July 31, 2025, law enforcement executed search warrants on Perminter’s person, residence, and vehicles, uncovering a loaded pistol, dozens of bricks of fentanyl and heroin, and $84,000 in cash.…
Queshawn Keand Williams, Fentanyl Sales, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 21-year-old Pittsburgh man, Queshawn Keand Williams, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for his role in a fentanyl drug trafficking operation in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Williams, also known as ‘TJ,’ sold fentanyl and p-Fluorofentanyl to a confidential informant on multiple occasions, distributing over 13 grams of fentanyl…
Theodore Brown, Rental Car Fraud, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Theodore Brown, a 32-year-old resident of Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, was involved in a rental car fraud scheme that cost a rental car company over $800,000. From October 2022 to February 2023, Brown and his conspirators used stolen personal identification information and credit card numbers to rent vehicles, which they then rented…
Ja’Shon Spencer, Machinegun Possession, Pennsylvania 2025
⏱ 2 min read Ja’Shon Spencer, a 22-year-old resident of Imperial, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to three years in prison for possessing a machinegun during a drug transaction with undercover law enforcement in Pittsburgh. The incident occurred on June 16, 2025, when Spencer was found to be in possession of a Glock semiautomatic pistol equipped with…
