Author: Matt McCarthy
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Lake County Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Drugs Into Federal Prison
Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Michelle Nicole Marie Brannon (36, Lake County) has pleaded guilty to one count of making a materially false statement or representation to a federal agency and one count of providing contraband to a federal prisoner. She faces a maximum of five years in federal prison…
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Palm Coast Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for $13 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud
Federal prosecutors say 20-year-old Noah Michael Urban, also known as “King Bob,” stole millions through SIM-swaps and phishing schemes before FBI agents seized $4.8 million in cryptocurrency. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Palm Coast man has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency theft scheme that targeted victims…
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Wife Of Central Florida Methamphetamine Dealer Pleads Guilty To Laundering Hundreds Of Thousands In Drug Proceeds
Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Island Tri Truong (41, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in relation to drug distribution proceeds. Truong faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Truong’s husband, George Pherai Bogeajis, was sentenced…
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Florida Man Arrested for DUI After Riding Lawn Mower on Suncoast Parkway
A Florida man was arrested Friday morning after troopers say he was seen driving a lawn mower erratically along a major toll road in the Tampa Bay area. The Florida Highway Patrol said dispatchers began receiving calls around 8:30 a.m. from drivers who reported a man operating a lawn mower in an unsafe manner on…
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Driver Arrested After Hitting 155 MPH on I-4 in Altamonte Springs, Troopers Say
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. — A 20-year-old man was arrested early Sunday after Florida Highway Patrol troopers said he was caught driving 155 miles per hour on Interstate 4 in Altamonte Springs. According to FHP, troopers were conducting stationary radar speed enforcement around 1 a.m. when they clocked a white Dodge Challenger speeding nearly 100 miles…
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Dozens Charged in South Florida with Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Crimes, 80 Firearms and Multiple Kilos of Fentanyl, Other Dangerous Drugs Seized
MIAMI – U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne for the Southern District of Florida and acting Special Agent in Charge Gordon Mallory of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Miami Field Division announced today the results of a two-month, multi-agency effort targeting repeat offenders in South Florida during a press conference. In April,…
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Tampa Man Indicted For Attempted Enticement Of A Minor To Engage In Sexual Activity
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the return of an indictment charging Johan Smith Pavon Mejia (Tampa, 41) with attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. If convicted, Mejia faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. According to the indictment and court records, in April 2025, Mejia communicated online with an undercover…
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Former Miami Hurricanes Football Player Charged with Murder
Former University of Miami football player Avantae Williams, 24, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder following a fatal shooting at McCabe’s Bar in DeLand, Florida. The incident occurred early Saturday morning, May 3, 2025, when a fistfight escalated into gunfire, resulting in the death of 32-year-old Keshod Harris and injuries to a bartender…
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Tampa Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Fentanyl And Cocaine Causing An Overdose Death
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Brandon Lewis Graham (43, Brandon) has pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl and cocaine resulting in the death of a victim. Graham faces a minimum penalty of 20 years, and up life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to…
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Jacksonville Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing A Machinegun
Jacksonville, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Sara C. Sweeney announces that Andres Felipe Mejia (19, Jacksonville) has pleaded guilty to possessing a machinegun. Mejia faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. According to court documents, on August 13, 2024, undercover agents with the Jacksonville…
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Orlando Police Arrest Man Accused of Stealing, Swallowing $765K Earrings
A jewelry thief swiped more than $700,000 in earrings then swallowed the evidence hours before he was arrested for what was “in his stomach”, officials said. Jaythan Gilder, 32, from Houston, TX, told employees at Tiffany & Co. in the Mall at Millenia that he was a representative of an Orlando Magic basketball player before he was taken…
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Miami Man Charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Connected to Overdose Death
MIAMI – This week, South Florida’s United States Attorney charged a 20-year-old Miami man with one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death, and with one count of possession of a machinegun in the form of a “Glock switch” machine gun conversion device. (A Glock switch is a small device that, when attached…