Orlando, Florida – United States District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced Patrick James Sperber (45, Apopka), a registered sex offender, to 10 years in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse images and videos. Sperber had pleaded guilty on May 17, 2023. In 1999, Sperber was convicted of lewd and lascivious assault on […]

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Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and filing of a criminal complaint charging Devon Floyd (31, Bradenton) with one count of Hobbs Act robbery. If convicted, Floyd faces up to 20 years in federal prison. According to the complaint, on August 10, 2023, Floyd robbed a business in Tampa. […]

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Orlando, Florida – U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger has sentenced Rafick Gordon Gilpin (32, Oviedo) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. The court also ordered Gilpin to forfeit a firearm and multiple rounds of ammunition. Gilpin had pleaded guilty […]

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Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Zachariah Ryan Luke (28, Bennettsville, South Carolina) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. Luke faces minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, […]

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Orlando, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell has sentenced Nabil Dajani (57, Orlando) to six years and six months in federal prison for conspiracy to bribe a public official, submit a false claim, commit theft of government property, and commit wire fraud; submission of a […]

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Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Raju Gandhi (60, Lakeland) to 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Department of the Treasury, to commit wire fraud, and to submit false statements and reports to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The court also entered an order […]

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Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of a 17-count indictment charging Clemente Betancourt (27), Estevan Betancourt (18), Larry Lee Woodard, Jr. (28), Adonis Bonilla (28), Omar Mejia (28), Jesse Leahy (47), and Alexander Perez (29), all residents of Bradenton, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with the intent […]

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Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Timothy James Roberts (28, Hernando) has pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered National Firearms Act (NFA) weapon—a short-barreled shotgun—and two counts of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Roberts faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison on the possession of […]

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Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Pedro Hernandez Ortiz (38, Mexico) has pleaded guilty to attempted online enticement of a minor. Ortiz faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not been set. According to court documents, in August 2022, […]

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