Legal

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A convicted sex offender who had been out of prison for approximately two months before attempting to meet someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following an undercover investigation in St. Johns County. 46-year-old Michael Hill received theContinue Reading

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Volusia County man who fled from police and was later caught on surveillance video attacking a woman in Daytona Beach has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after admitting to 14 probation violations. Scott Glen Knowlton of Ormond Beach received the sentence Monday, Oct.Continue Reading

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida man is facing extensive federal terrorism and money laundering charges in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida after federal authorities unsealed multi-jurisdictional indictments targeting an international network accused of funneling over $2 million to Hamas, Department of Justice officials announced. 56-year-oldContinue Reading

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