Tag: Florida
Joseph Stewart, Tax Evasion, Florida 2026
BODY: A brazen scheme to evade taxes on millions of dollars in income has landed a Florida businessman behind bars. Joseph Stewart, 50, of Miami, pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges stemming from his lucrative business ventures that sold internet access to American servicemembers and contractors stationed abroad. According to court documents, Stewart earned over…
Theresa Mitchell, Child Exploitation and Money Laundering, Florida 2026
BODY:In a dark and disturbing case, Theresa Mitchell, a former gymnastics coach and social media content creator, has pleaded guilty to a raft of child exploitation charges. The 44-year-old, formerly of Navarre, Florida, copped to one count of conspiracy to produce and distribute child pornography, two counts of production of child pornography, one count of…
Brett Michael Smith, Child Pornography, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read Brett Michael Smith, a 35-year-old Florida man, was sentenced to 121 months in prison for receiving child pornography. The sentence came after an investigation by the FBI and other agencies uncovered approximately 20,000 images and 4,500 videos of child pornography on his devices. The investigation began with a federal search warrant…
Braden Huston Hobbs, Firearms Trafficking, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read Braden Huston Hobbs, a 28-year-old from Ponte Vedra, has been sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for his role in a massive firearms and cocaine trafficking operation in Jacksonville, Florida. Between March 2022 and June 2024, Hobbs purchased at least 121 firearms from federally licensed dealers, which he then sold…
Jordan T. Quinones, Obscene Material Possession, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jordan T. Quinones, a 30-year-old registered sex offender from Pensacola, Florida, was caught with a disturbing collection of obscene materials depicting the sexual abuse of minors. In late 2025, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement conducted routine checks on Quinones, which led to the discovery of suspicious materials and a subsequent…
Mario Jerome Bentley, Cyberstalking and Ammunition Possession, Florida 2023
⏱ 3 min read Mario Jerome Bentley, a 44-year-old Jacksonville man, waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against two former Assistant United States Attorneys, flooding one of their direct lines with hundreds of calls and leaving threatening voicemails starting in April 2023. In September of the same year, law enforcement searched his home, uncovering…
Alexander Nolasco-Hernandez, Illegal Reentry, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Three previously deported aliens – Alexander Nolasco-Hernandez, Ruben Marcos-Santiago, and Celedonio Plancarte-Perez – were busted in Ocala, Florida, for sneaking back into the country. The trio pleaded guilty to illegal reentry, a federal crime that carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison. The arrests were made in June 2026,…
Cedrick Campbell, Possession of Child Pornography, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Cedrick Campbell, a 36-year-old man from Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. The sentence comes after Campbell pleaded guilty to the charges, which stemmed from an investigation by the Tallahassee Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the FBI. The…
Damien R. Johnson, Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Damien R. Johnson, a 47-year-old felon from Pensacola, Florida, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The incident occurred in February 2026, when Johnson fled from a residence during the execution of a search warrant by the Pensacola Police Department. Johnson attempted to evade capture but was quickly…
Yusiel Lopez Insua, Seaman’s Manslaughter, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A tugboat captain, Yusiel Lopez Insua, has pleaded guilty to operating a barge with obstructed visibility and without a proper lookout, causing a fatal Biscayne Bay collision that claimed the lives of three children participating in a sailing camp in Miami. The incident occurred when Lopez Insua, 46, was piloting a…
