Tag: Q1 2009
Oklahoma Meth Dealer Gets 20 Years
⏱ 3 min read Kenny Ray Smith, 62, of Whitesboro, Oklahoma, is trading small-town life for a federal cell after a jury convicted him of peddling meth. The bust stemmed from two back-to-back deals in June and July of 2024, set up by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).…
Incline Heist: Lawyer Pilfers $1.3M
⏱ 3 min read Pittsburgh attorney Christopher Furman, 53, stands accused of a cold-blooded betrayal of the historic Duquesne Incline. Between October 2024 and September 2025, the man tasked with *protecting* the iconic incline’s finances allegedly siphoned off over $1.3 million for a personal crypto scheme. Furman, who served as President of the Board of…
Texas Meth Dealer Buried His Stash
⏱ 3 min read Rodolfo Alvarado, 45, of Falfurrias, Texas, is facing a decade in federal prison after copping to a meth trafficking operation centered around Corpus Christi. The feds started building their case in March 2025, tracking Alvarado through texts and bank records. By August 8, 2025, they’d gathered enough to hit his property…
Seattle Fentanyl Kingpin Caged for 20 Years
⏱ 3 min read Leon Henderson, 34, is facing two decades behind bars after a jury convicted him of supplying the poison that’s ripping through Seattle’s streets. The bust, centered in the hard-hit North Aurora neighborhood, unfolded over 2023 with three separate seizures – January, May, and September – each time turning up over a…
Stolen Glock Lands DC Felon 2 Years
⏱ 3 min read Charles General, 29, is trading the streets of D.C. for a federal cell after getting two years for packing a stolen .45 caliber Glock 30S. Metro PD flagged him and a crew smokin’ weed in a Cedar Street SE parking lot back in October 2023. The smell led to a search,…
WV Trucker Fleeced COVID Funds
⏱ 2 min read Bradley Temple, 48, a former Wheeling, West Virginia trucking boss now living in Florida, just confessed to ripping off $277,456 in COVID-19 relief cash. Temple, who ran Righteous Brother’s Trucking, lied on applications for both Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds. The scheme unfolded during 2020-2021,…
Wheeling Trucker Pilfered $300K in COVID Relief
⏱ 2 min read Bradley Temple, the former head of Righteous Brother’s Trucking, wasn’t hauling freight – he was hauling federal cash. The Florida man is facing a decade in prison after federal investigators discovered he raked in as much as $300,000 in COVID-19 relief money he wasn’t entitled to. Temple allegedly used the funds…
San Antonio Kidnap: MS-13 Shadow?
⏱ 2 min read Franklin Rodriguez-Rivas, a citizen of El Salvador in the U.S. illegally, is facing federal kidnapping and harboring charges stemming from events in San Antonio, Texas. The feds initially busted him in February, keeping the details quiet until this week’s indictment. The case suggests a scheme involving bringing people across the border…
Norwich Dealer Faces Fed Time After Wyoming Coke Bust
Norwich, CT native Javon Morse, 30, is staring down a likely return to federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession in Wyoming. The bust, a culmination of a months-long investigation, proves once again that a criminal record follows you, even across state lines. Morse admitted to selling cocaine while already…
Minnesota Meal Scam: 5 More Cops a Plea
Minneapolis – Another five names added to the growing list of guilty parties in the Minnesota Feeding Our Future scandal. Ikram Mohamed, Aisha Hassan Hussein, Sahra Sharif Osman, Shakur Abdinur Abdisalam, and Fadumo Mohamed Yusuf all confessed to wire fraud this week, admitting their roles in a brazen scheme that ripped off millions intended to…
