Florida Crime Law
<H2> <center> United States of America v. Kevin Noel Ochoa Venegas (a/k/a Kevin Noel Ochoa-Venegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banega) </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien. On April 11, 2025, the Kevin Noel Ochoa Venegas (a/k/a Kevin Noel Ochoa-Venegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banega), 32, of Honduras, was arrested in Bay County, Florida, for driving without a valid license. Law e... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - FL)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Bienvenido Leo Rodriguez, et al. </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine in and around Miami-Dade County and elsewhere in the Southern District of Florida. The eight-count superseding indictment charges the following defendants—each a resident of Miami unless otherwise indicated—with drug trafficking conspiracy and related offenses: B... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - FL)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Tyler Corbin, Edward Noel, Alfredo Santana), and Omar Singateth </h2> </center>
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with international conspiracy to traffic in firearms. Tyler Corbin (25, Tampa), Edward Noel (26, Canada), Alfredo Santana (32, Miami), Omar Singateth (24, Canada), and Arif Jhuman (39, Canada) with conspiracy to traffic firearms, trafficking in firearms, and dealing firearms with a license. The indictment also charges Cor... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - FL)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Ismael Camacho </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threats of violence and commission of a crime with a firearm.... More...
$ (12-01-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Omar Ayyash </h2> </center<
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Hobbs Act robbery and brandishing and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.<br> ... More...
$0 (11-10-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jonathan Warren Jones </h2> </center>
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with enticement of a minor.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) is the federal law that makes it illegal to use the mail or any means of interstate or foreign commerce (including the internet) to entice, persuade, induce, or coerce a minor to engage in prostitution or any other criminal sexual activity<br> <br> Attempt... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Ernest L. Thomas II </h1></center></h1>
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.<br> <br> Ernest L. Thomas II, 35, of Pensacola, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week charging him with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced... More...
$0 (10-28-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Hilwon Torres Martinez </center> </h2>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a sex crime.<br> <br> See Reyna v. State, 302 So. 3d 1025, 1031 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (“For collateral sex crimes to be admissible, courts have applied section 90.404(2)(c) to require significant similarity between the collateral evidence and the charged crime, evidence so similar and specific that it resembles a cl... More...
$0 (10-21-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Quavon Hires </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of supervised release.<br> <br> He contended the court relied on the incorrect assumptions that <br> (1) the only time he did not commit a crime was when he was in <br> prison; (2) he had a gun related to his violation of supervised re<br> lease; and (3) the community needed protection from him based <br> on h... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. David Cornejo Fernandez </h1></center></h1>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Spanish-Speaking US Consumers <br> <br> A Peruvian national was sentenced yesterday to 80 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3,000,000 in restitution for his participation in transnational fraud schemes that victimized vulnerable consumers in the U.S.<br> <br> According to court documents, David Co... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha </h1></center></h1>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.<br> <br> Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha, 43, of Nigeria was extradited from the Republic of Poland and faces federal charges of engaging in a transnational criminal organization that operated an inheritance fraud scheme that cheated many American seniors out of their savings.... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. James Wiley Kelley, Jr. </h1></center></h1>
Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act weapon, possession of a machinegun, and possession of firearms and ammunition by a convicted felon. <br> <br> James Wiley Kelley, Jr., 50, of Altha, Florida, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possession of an unregistered National Firearms Act weapon, posse... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Ohad Fiserman </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery.<br> <br> Ohad Fisherman was charged with one count of Sexual Battery/Multiple Perpetrators as a principal, in that he aided and assisted Oren and Alon Alexander to commit sexual batteries on M.W. nearly nine years ago.<br> <br> As in all prosecutions, after the filing of charges, we continued to investig... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Craig Austin Lang </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fort Myers, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, robbery interfering with commerce, discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence which resulted in death, conspiring to kill persons in a foreign country, a... More...
$0 (09-16-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Bill Culpepper </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of possession of a machine gun, three counts of possession of an unregistered firearm/short-barrel rifle, and one count of possession of an unmarked silencer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Leon County Sheriff’s Depu... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Tywon Lavar Hill, Jr., Anjadon Javon Allen </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Armed Felons Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> Tywon Lavar Hill, Jr. (23, Orlando... More...
$0 (09-11-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Corderrius Terrelle McShane </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> POSSESSING AND DISTRIBUTING FENTANYL IN PENSACOLA</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> Corderrius Terrelle... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jonathan Anthony Reid </h2> </center>
Fort Myers, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.<br> <br> On January 29, 2020, at about 1:15 am, two victims were<br> shot at Babe’s nightclub. Surveillance footage captured the shoot-<br> ing as it unfolded. The footage revealed two individuals speaking<br> in front of Babe’s when a silver Kia arrived. An unide... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Elias Xavier Rosario Torres, Veronica Estafania Rodriguez Pinuela </h2> </center>
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.<br> <br> <br> <br> In 2022, a grand jury charged Torres and Pinuela each with<br> (1) conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or<br> more of cocaine and fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C.<br> §§ 841(b)(1)(B), (C), and 846 (Count One); (2) possession with<br> inten... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Todd Wade Powers </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Fourteen-Time Convicted Felon Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Illegally Possessing A Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center>... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Kemmye Jimbryl Watson </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fort Myers, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Belle Glade Felon Sentenced To Federal Prison For Illegally Possessing A Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><cente... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Lawrence Lombardi </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida criminal represented himself without a lawyer seeking a reduction in sentencing pursuant for 8 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).<br> <br> In 2000, a jury found Mr. Lombardi guilty of federal charges<br> related to his planting of pipe bombs that exploded on the campus<br> of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University—a histori-<br> cally black university—in Tallaha... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Julius Maurice Dean </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING A LOADED FIREARM</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i>... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Ralphael Roy Caldwel </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Pensacola Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Possession Of Firearm By Convicted Felon</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Julius Maurice Dean </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> CONVICTED FELON SENTENCED FOR POSSESSING A LOADED FIREARM</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </fon... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Brandon Martez Black </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> PENSACOLA MAN SENTENCED FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION BY A CONVICTED FELON</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Kevin Eugene Leeks, Jr. </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Convicted Felon Illegally Possessing A Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Lake County Convicted Felon Facing Up To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Possessing A Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></cent... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. William Hernandez </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Gainesville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sessing with the intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine, carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hawthorne Man Charged With D... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Whitfield Leland III </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Hobbs Act Robbery, Brandishing a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, and being an Armed Career Criminal in Possession of a Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> <br> </b>Former Mayoral Candidate Sentenced To 22 Years In Federal Prison For Armed R... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Esai Pastrana Cruz </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to make and making false statements to a firearms dealer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> <br> </b>Puerto Rico Man Indicted For Straw-Purchasing Dozens Of Firearms On Behalf Of Others</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b><... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Marlon Alexis Aguilar-Reyes </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> <br> </b>International Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Multi-Million Dollar Drug Conspiracy That Smuggled Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Cocaine And Murdered A Rival</h2></center></... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Frank Richard Nickens </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> <br> </b>Arizona Man Sentenced For Hand Sanitizer Scheme During The COVID Pandemic</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> U.S. District Judge Pau... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Steven George Morgan </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> A jury convicted Steven Morgan of three drug-trafficking<br> crimes after finding that he had been running cocaine from the<br> Caribbean into South Florida. On appeal, Morgan advances five<br> grounds for reversing his conviction—chief among them whether<br> either the Fourth or Fifth A... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Lorenzo Heatrice </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 5 and 50 grams of methamphetamine. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Marianna Man Receives 10 Years In Prison For Dea... More...
$0 (07-15-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of america v. Vincent Edward Wardlow </h2> </center>
Fort Myers, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with transportation of a firearm.<br> <br> Shortly before 3:30 a.m. on March 19, 2023, Deputy Derek Matera was on patrol when he saw a car driving 67 miles per hour in a 45 mile-per-hour zone. As he began to follow the vehicle, Deputy Matera allegedly detected the smell of marijuana and concluded that it was likely comin... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center>United States of America v. Juan Hurtado-Solano, Candido Hurtado-Solano </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with illegal reentry by a removed alien. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Mexican Brothers Plead Guilty To Illegally Reentering The Country</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Frizli Merari Miguel-Martinez </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Re-entry After Multiple Deportations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guatemalan Man Sentenced In Pennsylvania For Illegal Re-entry After Multiple Deportations</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Dion’te Wingate </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with wo counts of possessing with intent to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Crestview Man Sentenced For Trafficking In Methamphetamine And Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b></center></><br... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - FL)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Ehis Lawrence Akhimie </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with International Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to International Fraud Scheme that Defrauded Elderly U.S. Victims</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Matthew A. Zayas </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of money laundering and one count of causing or attempting to cause a domestic financial institution to fail to file a currency transaction report under 31 U.S.C. § 5324(a)(1). <br> <br> * * *<br> <br> The Fifth Amendment provides that “[n]o person shall be<br> held to answer for a . . . crime, unl... More...
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