Tag: pittsburgh

  • Jadus Stubbs, Firearms Possession, Pennsylvania 2026

    Jadus Stubbs, Firearms Possession, Pennsylvania 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read Jadus Stubbs, a 21-year-old resident of Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood, has been indicted for possessing two firearms and ammunition despite being a convicted felon. The incident occurred on or about March 22, 2026, and Stubbs now faces federal charges for violating firearms laws. As a prior state felony drug trafficking convict, Stubbs…

  • John Radford, Interstate Threats, Pennsylvania 2024

    John Radford, Interstate Threats, Pennsylvania 2024

    ⏱ 2 min read John Radford, a 31-year-old Pittsburgh resident, has been accused of making chilling threats to injure and kill others across state lines. On two separate occasions, Radford allegedly sent emails to his victims, detailing plans to harm them. The first email, sent on December 3, 2024, threatened to shoot one victim with…

  • Nicole Lamont, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, Massachusetts 2026

    Nicole Lamont, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, Massachusetts 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read Nicole Lamont, a 32-year-old citizen of the United Kingdom and Jamaica, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit money laundering in a massive lottery scam that targeted elderly victims across the United States. The scam, which was carried out from Massachusetts, involved calling victims and falsely informing them that they had…

  • Malik Martinez, Fentanyl and Cocaine Distribution, Pennsylvania 2024

    Malik Martinez, Fentanyl and Cocaine Distribution, Pennsylvania 2024

    ⏱ 2 min read Malik Martinez, a 28-year-old Pittsburgh resident, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine in the city’s Allentown neighborhood between March 2024 and July 2024. Martinez, who functioned as a redistributor of street-level amounts of both substances, faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine.…

  • Jamal Stoner, Drug Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2026

    Jamal Stoner, Drug Trafficking, Pennsylvania 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read Jamal Stoner, a 38-year-old former Pittsburgh resident, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a network that brought kilogram quantities of cocaine to Western Pennsylvania. Stoner conspired with others to redistribute the cocaine in the Pittsburgh region. The conspiracy was uncovered on September 27, 2021, when…

  • Keenan Tolliver, Possession of a Firearm, Pennsylvania 2025

    Keenan Tolliver, Possession of a Firearm, Pennsylvania 2025

    ⏱ 2 min read Keenan Tolliver, a 32-year-old Pittsburgh resident with a lengthy rap sheet, was caught red-handed with a loaded pistol and ammo in his vehicle on February 21, 2025. Tolliver, who has 10 prior felony or first-degree misdemeanor convictions, was driving in Pittsburgh when he was found with the firearm and ammo in…

  • Tajay Singh, Mail Fraud, Pennsylvania 2021

    Tajay Singh, Mail Fraud, Pennsylvania 2021

    ⏱ 2 min read A Jamaican national, Tajay Singh, 29, has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for his role in an international lottery scam that targeted elderly victims in Pennsylvania. The scam, which lasted from January 2021 to October 2023, involved calling elderly victims and informing them that they had won a lottery,…

  • Mark Marriott, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Pennsylvania 2026

    Mark Marriott, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Pennsylvania 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read Mark Marriott, a former facilities manager for Primary Health Network (PHN), a non-profit medical organization in Sharon, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a massive fraud scheme. Along with two co-conspirators, including former CEOs Drew Pierce and Jack Laeng, Marriott conspired to commit wire…

  • Engels Guillermo Almengot Valerio, Grandparent Fraud, Pennsylvania 2026

    Engels Guillermo Almengot Valerio, Grandparent Fraud, Pennsylvania 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read Engels Guillermo Almengot Valerio, a 26-year-old Dominican Republic man, pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in a grandparent fraud scheme that targeted elderly individuals across the US, including in Western Pennsylvania. The scheme, which involved impersonating victims’ grandchildren or relatives, took place from an unknown date until Valerio’s guilty plea on…

  • Stefano Zanetti, Elder Fraud, Pennsylvania 2026

    Stefano Zanetti, Elder Fraud, Pennsylvania 2026

    ⏱ 2 min read A ruthless Canadian con man has been locked up for 15 years and 9 months for leading a multi-million dollar elder fraud scheme that preyed on vulnerable grandparents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Stefano Zanetti, 44, orchestrated the scam from Panama, but was extradited to the US after a joint investigation by Homeland…