Three people are facing charges for allegedly stealing approximately $1 M in COVID-19 relief funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of North Carolina reported that during an investigation of a possible fraud case, it was discovered that between March and November…
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Smugglers Packed 10 Kilos of Fentanyl in Chip Containers
Two Washington men were indicted by a grand jury after they allegedly put 9,000 fentanyl pills in potato chip containers and smuggled them into Whatcom County. Earlier this month, Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations Pacific Northwest received information that caused them to believe that a criminal organization from Mexico…
Sitter Badly Burned Toddler and Denied Him Medical Care
A toddler who tested positive for cocaine was reportedly horribly burned by his babysitter, who allegedly denied him medical care for days after the incident occurred. 38-year-old Natoyia Danelle Barbee lives in Durham, North Carolina. At the beginning of July, Barbee had a 2-year-old boy and his two siblings staying…
Robbery Suspects Sprayed Home Depot Officer with Scorpion Killer
One of two alleged thieves at a California Home Depot in Stanislaus County reportedly sprayed a loss prevention officer with scorpion killer spray when confronted about the purported pilfering. Early in the afternoon on June 17, two women were at a Home Depot store located in Turlock. A loss prevention officer…
Driver Gave Officer Meth with Registration Paperwork
A man who was pulled over for a vehicle registration problem reportedly handed the officer a packet of registration paperwork with a baggie of methamphetamine in the stack. 57-year-old Roy Porter lives in West Union, West Virginia. Last weekend, Porter was driving on the Interstate, and a man later identified…
Former PA AG Kathleen Kane Charged for DUI
Kathleen Kane, the former Pennsylvania Attorney General, was arrested last weekend after a car crash for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. In 2013, Kathleen Kane served as the 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania. She is also the first woman elected to the position. Kane’s time as Attorney General…
Deputy Charged for Planting Drugs and Unlawfully Arresting Suspect
A Lee County deputy is one of three people facing charges for allegedly working together to plant drugs on a suspect to set him up for an unlawful arrest. Niko Irizarry began working for the Lee County Sheriff’s Office in 2018. The sheriff reported that Irizarry had never been reprimanded…
Day Care Workers Fractured Child’s Skull
Two women who work at a California daycare center allegedly fractured the skull of a child they were taking care of and reportedly did not let the parents know about the injury. 29-year-old Megan Maldonado resides in San Bernardino, and Felicia Ann Ferra, 50, lives in Yorba Linda. Both women…
Two Women Assaulted Several Troopers in Food Market
Two women in Delaware are facing charges after allegedly becoming unruly in a Wawa store and assaulting and injuring the responding officers. In the early morning hours on December 27, two people went to Wawa market in Bear together. While they were inside the establishment, it was reported that they…
Despicable Smugglers Stashed Drugs in Children’s Lunchboxes
The New York authorities have arrested five men who allegedly smuggled millions of dollars of narcotics from Puerto Rico in children’s lunch boxes displaying popular cartoon characters. Earlier this year, several New York law enforcement agencies joined DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force to investigate a situation involving purportedly…