Florida Crime Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Peter Daniel Ring </h2> </center>
Gainesville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sending multiple threatening interstate communications to kill or cause physical injuries. By Kent Morlan In June 2025 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) received a complaint that a threat to kill a reporter had been received. The Peter Daniel Ring, 31, of Bell, Florida, was identified as the source ... More...
$ (05-11-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mario G. Davis </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Marlo G. Davis, 47, of Havana, Florida, appeared in federal court for his arraignment before United States Magistrate Judge Martin A. Fitzpatrick i... More...
$ (04-21-2026 - FL)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Howard Neil Martin </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of drugs and possession of a machine gun. The Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report about a burglary in progress. When they arrived, Howard Neil Martin, 46, of Sopchoppy, Florida, was parked in the driveway of the residence and in a verbal dispute with som... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - fl)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jasen Butler </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, forgery, and money laundering. Jasen Bulter, age 38, of Jupiter, the owner of Independent Marine Oil Services LLC, corrupted the competitive bidding process for military fuel contracts and submitted dozens of falsified documents such as wire transfer memos and invoices to multiple U.S. warships between A... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Briana McCarthy, Brianna Hannan, Carlotta Hawkins, Kearla Walerk Whitney Branch, and Kavon Reese </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants chargd with fraud. Six individuals charged with defrauding the Florida. The individuals were accused of orchestrating a scheme to process property damage claims through the Florida Division of Risk Management, allegedly defrauding the state of $1.7 million. The Florida Department of Financial Services Criminal Investigati... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Austin James McCastler, II </h2> </center>
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of meth, fentanyl, marijuana and felony possession of a firearm and ammunition. Austin James McCastler, II, age 36, was arrested for distribution of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug traffickin... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with agreeing to use an unlicensed money services business to circumvent U.S. sanctions relating to Venezuela by transferring approximately $100,000 from the Dominican Republic. Irazmar Carbajal De Jesus, 60, agreed to transfer approximately $99,500 delivered in cash in the Dominican Republic to a specified bank account ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tomás Niembro Concha </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Powers Act and Wire Fraud. Tomás Niembro Concha, 64, of Miami, Florida, conspired with others to siphon money from Nodus Bank, ultimately leading to the bank’s failure in 2023. Niembro and his co-conspirators concealed from other Nodus Bank board members and execut... More...
$ (03-21-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alaisjah Dayshawn Perkins </h2> </center>
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with receipt, transfer, possession and production of machine guns. On April 26, 2025, law enforcement officers observed posts on a Facebook profile advertising the sale of machinegun conversion devices (MCDs). Subsequently, an undercover officer began communicating with Alaisjah Dayshawn Perkins. Between April and May ... More...
$ (03-11-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Mckenzie Levar Monestine
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing approximately 450 fraudulent, stolen or counterfeit access devices, which included others’ credit card numbers, social security numbers, and means to gain access to bank accounts. On or about June 22, 2020, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at Mckenzie Levar Monestine’s home. That search... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - FL)State of Florida v. Caleb Flynn
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder Caleb Flynn, 39, charged the former contestant on "American Idol" with shooting and killing his wife and staging the crime scene to mislead investigators.... More...
$ (02-22-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Joan Manuel Estadella
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute meth. An indictment in the Southern District of Florida charged Estadella with (1) possessing a Taurus 9mm pistol with serial number TLZ57339 and its ammunition as a convicted felon between November 28, 2020, and December 1, 2020, in violatio... More...
$ (02-21-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Sean J. Alterman
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiracy to offer and pay health care kickbacks. Sean Alterman, 38, of Lake Worth, owned and operated two laboratories, Live Beyond Medical MGMT, LLC and Dynix Diagnostics LLC, through which he purchased doctors’ orders for expensive genetic testing from patient recruiter... More...
$ (01-20-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Jevan Antonio Miller
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct after previously pleading guilty in federal court. Between April 10, 2025, and April 12, 2025, detectives of the Tallahassee Police Department and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office,... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - FL)<H2> State of Florida v. Blake Richard Hoover
Charlotte, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with arson and a hate crime. Blake Richard Hoover, 31, of Charlotte County, was charged with arson and criminal mischief for the blaze that broke out at the Chabad of Charlotte County in Punta Gorda.... More...
$ (01-11-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Ernest Lee Thomas, II
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer John Wilkins represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On May 31, 2025, deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by the Ernest Lee Thomas II, 35, of Pensacola, Florida. During the traffic stop, a search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded black .45-cali... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - Fl)<H2> United States of America v. Eduardo Saavedra Melayes
Panama City, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identify theft, falsely representing U.S. citizenship, and false statement in application for passport. In December of 2023, the Eduardo Saavedra Melayes, 45, a Mexican national, submitted a passport application in-person at a Panama City post office. Upon processing, the application was denied due... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - FL)<H2> United States of America v. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Martin
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks occurring in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, and another co-conspirator successfully deployed the ransomware known as ALPHV BlackCat between April 2023 and December 2023 agains... More...
$ (12-20-2025 - FL)<H2> 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)
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> United States of America v. Bienvenido Leo Rodriguez, et al.
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> United States of America v. Tyler Corbin, Edward Noel, Alfredo Santana), and Omar Singateth
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> United States of America v. Ismael Camacho
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)United States of America v. Omar Ayyash </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)United States of America v. Jonathan Warren Jones
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)<h1> United States of America v. Ernest L. Thomas II </h1></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)State of Florida v. Hilwon Torres Martinez
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 clear pa... More...
$0 (10-21-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Quavon Hires
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)<h1> United States of America v. David Cornejo Fernandez </h1></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)<h1> United States of America v. Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha </h1></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)<h1> United States of America v. James Wiley Kelley, Jr. </h1></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)State of Florida v. Ohad Fiserman
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)<h1> United States of America v. Craig Austin Lang </h1></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)<h1> United States of America v. Bill Culpepper </h1></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 Deputy Char... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - FL)<h1> United States of America v. Tywon Lavar Hill, Jr., Anjadon Javon Allen </h1></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)<h1> United States of America v. Corderrius Terrelle McShane </h1></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)United States of America v. Jonathan Anthony Reid
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 unidentified person... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Elias Xavier Rosario Torres, Veronica Estafania Rodriguez Pinuela
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)<h1> United States of America v. Todd Wade Powers </h1></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)<h1> United States of America v. Kemmye Jimbryl Watson </h1></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)United States of America v. Lawrence Lombardi
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...
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