Ocala Man Indicted For Fraud Relating To COVID-19 Relief Funds
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Henry Troy Wade (45, Ocala) with six counts of wire fraud related to the Coronavirus Aid,…
Ocala Convicted Felon Indicted For Illegally Possessing A Firearm
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Ricky Darnell Franklin, Jr. (30, Ocala) on an indictment charging him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.…
Ocala Convicted Felon Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Possessing Firearms
Ocala, FL – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Benjamin Townsel (23, Ocala) to 12 years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Townsel…
Ocala Convicted Felon Sentenced To 32 Months In Federal Prison For Possessing A Firearm
Ocala, FL – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced D’Andra Miller (22, Ocala) to 32 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Miller…
Ocala Felon With Loaded Handgun Convicted At Trial
Ocala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has found Michael Tyrone Young (32, Ocala) guilty of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Young faces a maximum penalty…
Ocala Man Arrested For Lying On Federal Firearm Form At Gun Dealer
Ocala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Ralph Fontil, Jr. (24, Ocala) on a two-count indictment charging him with making a materially false statement in connection with…
Ocala Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Federal Firearm 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 of…
Jury Finds Ocala Convicted Felon Guilty Of Federal Firearm Offense
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Nathanael Santiago (29, Ocala) guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a previously convicted felon.…
Ocala Man Who Threatened Sheriff Sentenced To Prison
Ocala, Florida – Senior U.S. District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Lonnie Lorenzo Hollingsworth, Jr. (37, Ocala) to three years in federal prison for possessing ammunition as a convicted felon. Hollingsworth…
Ocala Man Arrested For Lying On Federal Firearm Form At Gun Dealer
Ocala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Marques Young (22, Ocala) on a criminal complaint charging him with one count of knowingly causing a Federal Firearms Licensee…
Ocala Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Multiple Federal Firearm Offenses
Ocala, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Benjamin Townsel (23, Ocala) has pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and one count…
Ocala Convicted Felon Indicted For Unlawful Possession Of A Firearm
Ocala, Florida –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Michael Tyrone Young (32, Ocala) with possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. If convicted, Young…
Ocala Man Sentenced To 66 Months In Prison For Wire Fraud In Relation To Resale Of Wireless Communications Plans
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA –Justin Michael Lewis, 39, of Ocala, Florida was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison following his conviction for six counts of wire fraud. The sentenced was announced by Jason…
Ocala Armed Career Criminal Pleads Guilty To Possessing Firearm
Ocala, Florida – Deveon Demond Jenkins (28, Ocala) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, and up to life,…
Suspect in Ocala murder taken into custody after police chase
OCALA, FL – At approximately 5:30 pm on Tuesday, Ocala sheriff’s officers responded to a shooting in the 3800 block of SE 95th Street in Ocala. When deputies arrived they located an…
Ocala man decapitated, burned 77-year-old, then ran nude around daycare center
OCALA, FL – On Thursday, May 6, 2021, Major Crimes Detective Billy Burleson charged Nicholas James Trench with Second Degree Murder, First Degree Arson, and Abuse of a Dead Body. On Friday,…
Forest High School Shooter Gets 30 Years in Prison
OCALA, FL – This week we remember Friday, April 20th, 2018. Sky Bouche (DOB: 06/05/1998) walked onto the campus of his former high school with a guitar case containing a sawed-off shotgun.…
Ocala man caught in senior citizen home renovation scam
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – Back in October, a 75-year-old Port St. Lucie resident leaving a shopping center found a flyer on their car advertising home remodeling services. Looking to have a…
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