Tag: Wisconsin
Maurilio Mares, Child Obscenity, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 19-year-old Manitowoc resident, Maurilio Mares, has been indicted on charges of child obscenity and committing a felony sex offense as a registered sex offender. The alleged crimes occurred on two separate dates in May 2026, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Mares is accused of obscene visual depictions of the sexual abuse of…
Antonio Franklin, Wire Fraud, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read Antonio Franklin, a 47-year-old Milwaukee County man, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for running a wire fraud scheme that scammed nearly $300,000 in government benefits. The scheme, which lasted from January 2020 to March 2025, involved Franklin failing to disclose a bank account with over $1 million in…
Zachariah R. Breihof, Transportation of Child Pornography, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read Zachariah R. Breihof, a 28-year-old from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for transporting child pornography. In January 2025, Breihof uploaded approximately 130 images of child pornography to a popular cloud storage platform, triggering a CyberTip that led to his investigation and arrest. A search warrant executed…
Roshan Shah, Money Laundering Conspiracy, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read Roshan Shah, a 22-year-old Indian national, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering in Wisconsin. Shah, who was attending college in Canada on a student visa, entered the US on a visitor visa to collect fraud proceeds. He and his co-conspirators in India targeted 15…
Lloyd McKire-Bennett, Fentanyl Trafficking, Wisconsin 2022
⏱ 2 min read A large-scale fentanyl trafficking operation that brought kilograms of fentanyl pills into Madison, Wisconsin, has been dismantled. The operation, led by Lloyd McKire-Bennett, was responsible for distributing thousands of fentanyl pills in the area. The investigation, which began in January 2022, revealed that the organization was mailing fentanyl pills from Arizona…
Eugene Spears, Methamphetamine Distribution, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read Eugene Spears, a 42-year-old from La Crosse, Wisconsin, was caught with over 250 grams of methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Ferryville, Wisconsin on February 28, 2025. Spears, who was out on bond for a state drug case at the time, admitted to intending to sell the meth to multiple individuals.…
Tyler Briggs, Meth Trafficking, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read Tyler Briggs, a 33-year-old from Mosinee, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine intended for distribution. On January 29, 2026, an undercover officer with the Wausau Police Department arranged to buy a small amount of meth from Briggs outside a Wausau bar. When Briggs arrived,…
Mark Buschman, Firearms Smuggling, Wisconsin 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 61-year-old Wisconsin man, Mark Buschman, has pleaded guilty to running an illegal export operation that shipped US-acquired firearms to Saudi Arabia from February 2019 to December 2024. Buschman, of Viroqua, Wisconsin, sold the firearms and related parts without a license, advertising them on eBay and other online marketplaces, and generating…
Kendrick Payton, Fentanyl Trafficking, Wisconsin 2024
⏱ 2 min read Kendrick Payton, a 31-year-old from Rockford, Illinois, was involved in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking operation in Beloit, Wisconsin, between December 18, 2024, and February 18, 2025. During this time, he sold heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine on multiple occasions, with over 150 grams of fentanyl changing hands in just four controlled buys.…
Ian C. Froelich, Child Pornography Production, Wisconsin 2025
⏱ 2 min read Ian C. Froelich, a 21-year-old from Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been charged with producing child pornography. On December 31, 2025, Froelich allegedly caused a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of creating a visual depiction of that conduct. The indictment was unsealed on July 2, 2026. If…
