Tag: U.S. District Court

Danny L. Spyker, Sex Crimes, Illinois 2024
⏱ 2 min read A Rockford jury delivered a guilty verdict against Danny L. Spyker, a former Federal Correctional Institute employee who used his power to sexually abuse two male inmates. The abuse went down in March 2024, when Spyker, 42, was working as a cook supervisor at the Thomson prison. U.S. District Judge Sunil…

Joao Silva, Gun and Fentanyl Trafficking, California 2022
⏱ 4 min read A Brazilian national with a taste for the dark side of the American Dream has been brought to justice for peddling guns and fentanyl in the shadows of Eastern Massachusetts. Talles Provette De Faria, 35, a fugitive from the law who didn’t even bother to hide his identity, met with an…

Diana Miller-Lloyd, Tax Evasion, Connecticut 2026
⏱ 2 min read A crooked tax pro who ripped off the IRS out of nearly half a million bucks has been sentenced to 18 months in the slammer, authorities announced Friday. Diana Miller-Lloyd, 45, of Port Orange, Florida, used her tax preparation business, Lloyd Forenzique & Accounting Services Corporation, to scam the system, filing…

Christy Parker, Sex Trafficking, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read A 28-year-old Fall River woman, known to her victims as ‘Lula,’ coerced minors and an adult into the sex trade, forcing them to engage in commercial sex acts through physical beatings, threats, intimidation, and other means. Parker’s scheme unfolded between January and August 2023, with the adult victim being physically beaten,…
