A Pensacola man has pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges stemming from a violent confrontation with law enforcement in late 2024. The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin for the Northern District of Florida. Darrion K. Finley, 21, admitted to possession of a firearm by a convictedContinue Reading
A federal jury in Gainesville has found 22-year-old Atharva Shailesh Sathawane of India guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney John P. Heekin for the Northern District of Florida. According to trial testimony and court records, SathawaneContinue Reading
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – A federal jury has convicted 36-year-old Austin James McCastler II on a long list of violent and drug-related charges after he opened fire on federal agents attempting to serve a search warrant at his Pensacola home. Prosecutors say undercover agents had previously purchased methamphetamine from McCastler atContinue Reading
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – A Cross City man will spend the next decade in federal prison after agents uncovered a pound of methamphetamine during a traffic stop earlier this year. Federal prosecutors announced that 31-year-old Khiri Jackson was sentenced to 10 years for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams orContinue Reading
A Putnam County woman has been sentenced to 50 years in state prison for fatally stabbing her boyfriend in 2022. Tykidra Lanijah Leonard received the sentence Thursday after previously entering a no-contest plea to second-degree murder with a weapon. The case began in the early morning of May 20, 2022, whenContinue Reading
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Leon County judge declared a mistrial Thursday, November 6, in the case of Cameren Evans, a Tallahassee woman accused in the 2023 fentanyl death of her three-year-old son. Jurors deliberated for nearly eight hours before telling the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict. ProsecutorsContinue Reading
COLLIER COUNTY, FL – A Sarasota man will spend the next 15 years in prison for bringing enough fentanyl into Collier County to potentially kill tens of thousands of people. On Monday, 25-year-old Esteban Perez Jr. pleaded no contest to trafficking fentanyl (4 grams or more) and other narcotics-related charges,Continue Reading
James Flowers, Jr., one of two men arrested in connection with a violent 2023 home invasion in Bradenton, has been sentenced to 10 years in the Florida Department of Corrections. Flowers entered a plea of nolo contendere to home invasion robbery with a firearm and possession of a firearm byContinue Reading
SARASOTA, FL – A Sarasota man who orchestrated a staged shooting involving county paramedics in 2019 has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, followed by 20 years of probation. Tyran Young, 38, a thirteen-time convicted felon, was convicted of multiple charges including two counts of aggravated assault on aContinue Reading
Hillsborough County, FL – – A jury has found Angel Gabriel Cuz Choc guilty of first-degree murder in the brutal deaths of his girlfriend, Amalia Coc Choc De Pec, and her 4-year-old daughter. The killings occurred in April 2024 at their home in Dover. Investigators revealed that Cuz Choc hadContinue Reading