Tag: Q1 2026
Glock Run to Canada: 2 Years Behind Bars
⏱ 3 min read Osnyson Desrosiers, 32, is headed to federal prison for two years after admitting he helped funnel dozens of Glock handguns from Florida gun shops to the streets of Canada. The former Fort Myers resident, now of Atlanta, worked with Derick Desir to illegally purchase the firearms in early to mid-2022. The…
Rikers Guard Faked Injuries, Pocketed $370K
⏱ 3 min read Todd Faustin, a 43-year-old correction officer at Rikers Island, pled guilty today to a cold-hearted scheme where he fabricated injuries after clashes with inmates to rake in over $370,000 in bogus workers’ compensation benefits. Faustin, who resigned from the Department of Correction effective today, March 17, 2026, gamed the system for…
Tax Thief Gets 25 Months
⏱ 3 min read Tracey Hernandez, 39, of Burlington, North Carolina, is headed to federal prison for 25 months after pleading guilty to cooking up a million-dollar tax refund scheme. The feds say Hernandez filed over 200 bogus tax returns for clients in 2021 and 2022, raking in fraudulent refunds. The sentencing came down this…
Dayton Man Stashed 11 Kilos of Deadly Drugs
⏱ 3 min read Ke-Shawn Rivers, 46, of Dayton, Ohio, is locked up after a March raid turned up a staggering 11 kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine stashed inside a safe in his home. Federal prosecutors say Rivers, also known as “JayZ,” was slinging fentanyl since September 2025. The bust netted more than just drugs;…
Crypto Cash & Caribbean Runs
⏱ 3 min read San Juan, PR – Two men busted for moving drug money through cryptocurrency are cooling their heels in a Puerto Rico jail after being extradited from the Dominican Republic. Pedro J. Espinal-Arthur and Luis Febles-Peralta, along with Febles-Peralta’s brother Germán E. Arredondo-Peralta, are accused of laundering millions in drug proceeds from…
Manitowoc Man Indicted in Child Porn Case
⏱ 3 min read Brandon Lemerond, 20, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, is staring down a long stretch in federal prison after being indicted on a slew of charges related to child pornography. Authorities allege Lemerond possessed and produced obscene material depicting the sexual abuse of children during several dates in July 2025. The indictment also claims…
Chinatown Walgreens Hit: 10.5 Years for Plotter
⏱ 3 min read Gianni Robinson, 28, is headed to federal prison for a decade and a half after orchestrating a series of seven brazen armed robberies targeting the Walgreens on 7th Street NW in D.C.’s Chinatown. From July 2023 to February 2024, Robinson used his connections—including a crooked uncle and store manager—to turn the…
Felon Packs Heat, Gets 6 Years
⏱ 3 min read Esteban Garcia-Gutierrez, 31, of Arcadia, is headed to federal prison for six years after troopers found him cruising with a loaded .45 caliber pistol on April 17, 2025. The gun was discovered during a routine traffic stop by the Florida Highway Patrol. The problem? Garcia-Gutierrez already had a rap sheet, making…
Credit Union Thief Gets 8 Months
⏱ 3 min read Nicole Hilstolsky, 48, of Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, is headed to federal prison after admitting she cooked up a fake robbery to cover her tracks. Hilstolsky was sentenced today to eight months behind bars for pilfering $16,247 from the WOD Federal Credit Union back on October 15, 2018. The now-defunct credit union was…
Cocaine Ring Busted: Feds Nab Final Dealer
⏱ 2 min read Cheyenne, WY – Federal authorities are set to detail the takedown of a three-year, bi-state cocaine operation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Wyoming will hold a press conference Friday to announce the culmination of the investigation, which spanned Teton County, Wyoming, and Teton County, Idaho. The final defendant in the ring…
