Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Nilda Medina-Veguilla (38, Tampa) has pleaded guilty to making false statements in an application for a United States passport, aggravated identity theft, and theft of government property. Medina faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a minimum mandatory penalty of […]

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Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Louis Michael Pasquazzi (53, Lehigh Acres) to 18 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and for possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it. The court also ordered Pasquazzi to forfeit the firearms […]

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Fort Myers, FL – U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell has sentenced Javonte Keyon Whitfield (25, Fort Myers) to four years and nine months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The Court also ordered Whitfield to forfeit the firearm and ammunition possessed during the offense. Whitfield had been […]

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Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Jerome Miller, Jr. (39, Tampa) to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as an Armed Career Criminal. The court also ordered Miller to forfeit the ammunition and a firearm. Miller had pleaded guilty on May 23, 2023. Miller […]

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Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Rodney Devon Jones (28, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to carjacking and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Jones faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison for the carjacking offense, and a minimum mandatory term of […]

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Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Marvin Harris, Jr. (25, Fort Myers), aka “Mesh,” today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate murder-for-hire resulting in death and interstate murder-for-hire resulting in death. Harris, Jr. faces a minimum mandatory sentence of life in federal prison. A sentencing date has not […]

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Jacksonville, Florida – United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Paul Edward Lee, Jr. (44, Jacksonville) to 30 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a 14-year-old child to produce and send him videos and images depicting the victim’s sexual abuse. Lee was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised […]

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Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Sean Peter Brewer (32, Oldsmar) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Brewer faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in […]

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Orlando, FL – A Florida man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the United States, filing a false tax return and to aiding and assisting the preparation of a false tax return. According to court documents and statements made in court, Rafael Ramos, of Orlando, recruited clients and prepared tax returns on their behalf […]

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Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Emmanuel Dourthe (24, Deltona) and Brendan Wells (27, Tampa) with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances, possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking […]

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