Legal

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A 21-year-old Tallahassee man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison after authorities said he was caught with firearms twice while prohibited from possessing them because of a prior felony conviction. Nathan Taylor Porter was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison followedContinue Reading

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Pensacola man who used false income information to obtain nearly $650,000 in loans for a Ferrari, Jeep Wrangler and boat has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Shawn Steele, 52, was sentenced for making false statements to federally insured financial institutions, the U.S. Attorney’sContinue Reading

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Pensacola man who helped create bank accounts under stolen identities and supplied accomplices with fake U.S. passport cards and fraudulent checks has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison. Vontavius Jamaal Bradley, 23, had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, use ofContinue Reading

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Navarre man who was working a full-time civilian job and serving part time in the Air Force Reserve has admitted using a nonexistent self-employment claim to obtain more than $20,000 from a federal COVID-19 relief program. Ray Anthony Pearson II, 32, pleaded guilty in federal courtContinue Reading

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – What began with a response to an online escort advertisement ended with a Tallahassee man arriving near an arranged meeting location, where federal authorities say investigators were waiting for him. Amontea Allen John Mitchell, 28, has now been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleadingContinue Reading

DELAND, Fla. – A Volusia County man accused of severely abusing three children inside a DeLand home has been sentenced to 45 years in state prison after pleading no contest to 24 felony charges. Shawn Stone entered the pleas during a Sept. 17 hearing in Volusia County. His charges includedContinue Reading

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 53-year-old man faces a life sentence in state prison after a Duval County jury found him guilty of kidnapping, raping an 89-year-old woman during a violent home invasion, and stealing her vehicle, State Attorney Melissa Nelson announced. Lamont Don Jackson, 53, was convicted of Kidnapping, BurglaryContinue Reading

OCALA, Fla. – A 41-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a jury convicted him of the 2023 premeditated murder of a 56-year-old Marion County man who was found shot multiple times. Jurors found Joseph Edwards Horrighs guilty of First-Degree Premeditated Murder on August 27, 2026, followingContinue Reading

CROSS CITY, FL — A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison following his conviction on multiple felony counts of child sexual abuse in the Third Judicial Circuit, law enforcement officials announced Thursday. Donald Pick was sentenced on Thursday, July 30, 2026, after a six-person jury found himContinue Reading