Florida State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces that a Duval County jury found Julio Acosta-Morgado guilty of two counts of Custodial Sexual Battery; two counts Lewd or Lascivious Molestation; and one count Lewd or Lascivious Conduct. With the verdict, Acosta-Morgado faces up to life in Florida State Prison. The Honorable LondonContinue Reading
State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced that a Duval County jury has found Darien Howard guilty of First-Degree Murder and Armed Robbery in the 2021 killing of Michael Livermore. With the verdict, Howard faces a mandatory life sentence in Florida State Prison. The Honorable Anthony Salem will sentence Howard at aContinue Reading
Florida State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced that Quinton Burney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2023 killing of Dawood Salman Mnaathar Allafee. Following the plea, the Honorable Jeb Branham sentenced Burney to 45 years in Florida State Prison. On the morning of October 17, 2022, officers were notified aboutContinue Reading
Sharena Seay, a 39-year-old woman from Jacksonville, Florida, has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, as announced by U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Seay admitted to money laundering before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love on April 11, 2024. Court information reveals that Seay launderedContinue Reading
David Jerome Lemon Jr., aged 29, has been sentenced to a minimum mandatory of 25 years in the Florida Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to Second-degree Murder, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle. The sentencing follows a thorough investigation by theContinue Reading
U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced Samuel Arthur Thompson, aged 53 and residing in St. Augustine, to 220 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Thompson faced charges related to producing, receiving, and possessing child sex abuse material (CSAM), among other offenses. These includedContinue Reading
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg has announced that a federal jury has found Alex Jared Zwiefelhofer, 26, from Wisconsin, guilty on multiple charges including conspiracy to commit robbery affecting commerce, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and violating the Neutrality Act. Zwiefelhofer faces a maximum penalty ofContinue Reading
A federal jury has reached a verdict in the case of two individuals from Tampa, Elias Xavier Rosario Torres, aged 26, and Veronica Estefania Rodriguez Pinuela, aged 23. They have been found guilty of several charges related to drug trafficking and possession of illegal firearms. United States Attorney Roger B.Continue Reading
Deep Alpesh Kumar Patel, a 21-year-old resident of Sarasota, has been sentenced to six months in federal prison by U.S. District Chief Judge Timothy Corrigan for transmitting an interstate threat to injure. Patel pleaded guilty to the charges on December 15, 2023. As per the plea agreement, Patel was foundContinue Reading
Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced 38-year-old Sam David Harris, Jr. of Middleburg to 25 years in federal prison for production of child sexual abuse images, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. The court also ordered Harris to pay $65,500 in restitution to theContinue Reading