Robert W. McCandless, Domestic Violence, Florida 2015

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Robert W. McCandless, 38, of Bristol, Florida, was sentenced to 151 months in prison after violating a protection order by unlawfully entering his ex-partner’s residence on January 16, 2015.

According to the investigation, McCandless had previously lived with the victim for approximately five years and had two children together. After strangling the victim with a communications cord and assaulting her, McCandless forced her and their children to travel with him out of Florida.

Approximately eight hours later, law enforcement agents arrested McCandless, rescuing the victim and her children on Interstate 95 in South Carolina. The victim received medical treatment for injuries consistent with strangulation.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office, and the Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stephen M. Kunz.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is responsible for protecting and serving the citizens of the Northern District of Florida through the ethical, vigorous, and impartial enforcement of the laws of the United States.

McCandless was sentenced to 151 months in prison for interstate domestic violence and interstate violation of a protection order.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation’s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General.

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