A McKeesport man was arrested in Westmoreland County on Wednesday in an undercover drug operation. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said the Westmoreland County Drug Task Force and local law enforcement set up a drug transaction with Brandon Stephens, 30. Undercover officers met with Stephens on Wednesday in North Huntingdon Township to purchase 10 […]
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5 arrested in undercover sting for child sex crimes in Jacksonville, including DCPS employee
Five people have been arrested for sex crimes against children, including a Duval County Public Schools employee after an undercover operation from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Kevin Pearce, Norman Kimmerly, Thomas Gainey, Michael Hill, and Glenroy Hazel are all facing child solicitation charges and charges of “traveling to meet after using a computer to seduce/solicit/lure […]
Polk County deputies seize 14 kilos of fentanyl, arrest 4 in undercover drug bust
Polk County deputies have seized 14 kilograms of fentanyl, worth approximately $3.5 million, as part of a multi-agency investigation into a drug trafficking organization. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced Friday morning that members of the county’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force, or HIDTA, had arrested four individuals as part of a drug […]
St Louis police officer gets $23m after beating by colleagues while working undercover
A Missouri judge awarded more than $23m to a former St Louis police officer who was beaten by other officers while working undercover at a protest in 2017. On Monday Luther Hall was awarded the significant sum in a default judgement by Joseph Whyte, the St Louis circuit judge, after one of the defendants failed […]
Judge awards $23.5 million to undercover St. Louis officer beaten by colleagues during protest
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge on Monday awarded nearly $23.5 million to a former police officer who was beaten by colleagues while working undercover during a protest. Luther Hall was badly injured in the 2017 attack during one of several protests that followed the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis […]
South Florida man accused of paying undercover agent in murder-for-hire plot
A South Florida man allegedly thought he was paying $5,000 to a hitman to murder someone who he said took over $1 million from him and a business, but the purported hitman was an undercover agent, court records say. Makram Khashman is facing one count of murder for hire in South Florida’s federal court. He […]
East Grand Forks undercover officer denies wrongdoing in fatal shooting, claims fear for officers’ safety
Mar. 8—POLK COUNTY, Minn. — In response to allegations that he used excessive force that led to a man’s death, an East Grand Forks undercover officer claims his actions were “lawful, constitutional and proper.” Aeisso Schrage is accused, through a federal civil case, of wrongfully killing a man in Rhinehart Township in January. He filed […]
2 more wanted in undercover sex sting that led to 16 arrests in Hall County
Earlier this week, Channel 2 Action News told you about an undercover sex sting in Hall County that left 16 people behind bars. Investigators now say they’re searching for two more people in “Operation Good Shepherd.” [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Richard Gearin Hall, 38 of Monroe, and Kevin Frank Welborn, […]
Woman accused of offering sex to undercover Las Vegas cop inside unlicensed massage parlor
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A woman is accused of offering an undercover Las Vegas police officer sex in an unlicensed massage business with the same name as one the 8 News Now Investigators previously reported was allegedly housing sex trafficking victims. Lily A Reflexology is located on Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard, according to business […]
Hartford man pleads guilty to trafficking fentanyl after selling to undercover agents
A Hartford man pleaded guilty Friday to trafficking fentanyl after undercover agents bought drugs from him, officials say. Jahquan Blackwin, 27, appeared in court in Hartford on Friday and pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. The drug offense carries a mandatory minimum term of five years in […]
2 men arrested in undercover child molestation sting in Floyd County
Two men accused of child molestation were arrested by the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. According to the sheriff’s office, Rony Hernandez-Alexander, 38, of Cleveland, Tenn. made contact with someone online he believed to be a child under the age of 16. He is accused of having graphic sexual conversations with the undercover agent […]
Baltimore man who sold guns to undercover law enforcement sentenced to 42 months in federal prison
A Baltimore man who sold firearms to undercover law enforcement was sentenced Tuesday to 42 months in federal prison. Mark Ryals, 35, appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar and pleaded guilty to engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license, according to court records. According to a news release […]