Sumter County Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Brody Kies (39, Webster) has pleaded guilty to a four-count indictment charging him with possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine…

Sumter County Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing Destructive Devices, Firearms, And Silencers

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that James Clay Bexley (34, Center Hill) has pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment charging him with possessing unregistered destructive devices and…

Florida Man Charged with $1.6 Million Cares Act Loan Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A Florida man will make his initial court appearance today on charges related to his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $1.6 million in federal Paycheck Protection…

Florida Man Charged with $1.6 Million Cares Act Loan Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A Florida man will make his initial court appearance today on charges related to his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $1.6 million in federal Paycheck Protection…

Tampa Man Arrested For Fraudulently Using Federal GSA Smartpay Account Numbers

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest and indictment of Darius Lopez (27, Tampa) charging him with one count of access device fraud and one count of…

Federal Indictment In Pensacola Shooting Case

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Quinton L. Pete, 33, of Ocala, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with attempted Hobbs Act robbery and being a felon in possession of a…

United States Attorney Announces Results Of Project Safe Neighborhoods Strategy

Charged Cases Defendant(s) (Age) Charges Minimum/Maximum Terms of Imprisonment Firearms Seized Fort Myers Division 2nd Quarter Cambrel Smart (28) Felon in possession of firearm/ammunition Maximum Prison Term: 10 years 1 Terry Flournoy…

U.S. Attorney Announces Results Of Multi-Faceted Strategy To Combat Fraud Related To COVID-19

Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the results achieved to date by the Middle District of Florida’s efforts to combat fraud related to COVID-19. Those efforts have included…

Marion County Felon Convicted Of Drug Conspiracy And Illegal Firearm Possession

Ocala, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Nishera Remon Johnson (41, Silver Springs Shores) guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute a…

Convicted Felon Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Federal Prison For Firearm And Cocaine Distribution Offenses

Ocala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Jeffrey Walt Boston (45, Orlando) to 8 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as…

Inmate In Federal Prison Indicted For Murdering His Cellmate

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Romeo Lopez-Hernandez (37, Coleman) with the first-degree premeditated murder of his cellmate while…

Sumter County Man Indicted For Possessing Destructive Devices, Firearms, And Silencers

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging James Clay Bexley (34, Center Hill) with possessing destructive devices and firearm silencers and possessing firearms…

Convicted Felon Charged For Selling Firearm And Heroin

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Troy Nix (29, Mount Dora) with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing heroin…

Convicted Felon With Ghost Gun Pleads Guilty To Federal Ammunition Offense

Ocala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Ronrico Lionel Farmer (33, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Farmer faces a maximum penalty…

Kissimmee Man Surrenders On Federal COVID Relief Fraud Charges

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Levelle Joseph Harris (36, Kissimmee) has surrendered pursuant to an indictment charging him with 14 counts of wire fraud. Each count…

Two Florida Men Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Attacking a Black Man While Shouting Racial Slurs

Ocala, FL – A federal grand jury in Ocala, Florida has charged two Florida men with committing a hate crime. The indictment charging Roy Lashley, 55, and Robert Lashley, 52 was unsealed…

A federal grand jury in Ocala, Florida, has charged two Florida men with committing a hate crime. The indictment charging Roy Lashley, 55, and Robert Lashley, 52, was unsealed today following the…

Lake County Woman Convicted Of Mail Fraud And Conspiracy In Connection With $2.94 Billion Tax Fraud

Ocala, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Joyce O. Isagba guilty of three counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiring to…

Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Possessing Stolen Mail

Ocala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Aleia Deborah Green (20, Brooksville) today pleaded guilty to possession of stolen mail. Green faces a maximum penalty of five years in…

Former Postal Worker Sentenced For Defrauding Department Of Labor Of $732,000 In Disability Payments

Ocala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced George Utley (56, Oklahoma City) to 30 months in federal prison for receiving stolen government property, specifically, Department of…

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Sumter County Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Firearm Offenses

Sumter County Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing Destructive Devices, Firearms, And Silencers

Florida Man Charged with $1.6 Million Cares Act Loan Fraud Scheme

Florida Man Charged with $1.6 Million Cares Act Loan Fraud Scheme

Tampa Man Arrested For Fraudulently Using Federal GSA Smartpay Account Numbers

Federal Indictment In Pensacola Shooting Case

United States Attorney Announces Results Of Project Safe Neighborhoods Strategy

U.S. Attorney Announces Results Of Multi-Faceted Strategy To Combat Fraud Related To COVID-19

Marion County Felon Convicted Of Drug Conspiracy And Illegal Firearm Possession

Convicted Felon Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Federal Prison For Firearm And Cocaine Distribution Offenses

Inmate In Federal Prison Indicted For Murdering His Cellmate

Sumter County Man Indicted For Possessing Destructive Devices, Firearms, And Silencers

Convicted Felon Charged For Selling Firearm And Heroin

Convicted Felon With Ghost Gun Pleads Guilty To Federal Ammunition Offense

Kissimmee Man Surrenders On Federal COVID Relief Fraud Charges

Two Florida Men Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Attacking a Black Man While Shouting Racial Slurs

Lake County Woman Convicted Of Mail Fraud And Conspiracy In Connection With $2.94 Billion Tax Fraud

Postal Employee Pleads Guilty To Possessing Stolen Mail

Former Postal Worker Sentenced For Defrauding Department Of Labor Of $732,000 In Disability Payments

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