Tag: Pensacola
D’ontrinique K. Johnson, Tax Fraud Conspiracy, Florida 2021
⏱ 2 min read D’ontrinique K. Johnson and Tequilla D. Nairn, two Pensacola tax preparers, pleaded guilty to a slew of federal charges, including tax fraud conspiracy and filing false tax returns. The pair, who worked together at Nairn’s tax return preparation business, First Premium Solutions, scammed the government out of thousands of dollars between…
Osman Edgardo Cubas-Alvarenga, Child Pornography Production, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read Osman Edgardo Cubas-Alvarenga, a 38-year-old Honduran man, pleaded guilty to producing child pornography in Pensacola, Florida. Between January 2025 and February 2026, Cubas-Alvarenga secretly exploited a 16-year-old victim, exchanging sexually explicit material and recording sexual acts via encrypted social media apps. The defendant’s actions were uncovered by law enforcement, who obtained…
Gregory Simonds Jr., Arson with Explosives, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read Gregory Simonds Jr., a 43-year-old member of the Pensacola Outlaws Motorcycle Club, has been sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for his role in a violent altercation involving explosives. On February 15, 2025, Simonds detonated an explosive device in the parking lot of Emerald Coast Harley Davidson in Fort Walton…
Thomas Christopher Morton, Fentanyl Trafficking, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read Thomas Christopher Morton, 47, and Laurie Ann Chapman, 54, of Pensacola, Florida, were caught distributing more than 40 grams of fentanyl in a multi-month joint agency investigation that concluded on May 29, 2025. The probe, led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, found the duo in…
Scott Robinson, Drug Adulteration, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read Scott Robinson, a 51-year-old from Pace, Florida, has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for selling adulterated animal drugs online. From 2022 to 2025, Robinson advertised and sold the animal drug toltrazuril to customers across the United States via his website, despite knowing it was deemed an adulterated new…
Franklin David Zelaya-Funez, Illegal Reentry, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read Franklin David Zelaya-Funez, a 33-year-old Honduran national, has been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States. Zelaya-Funez, who was previously deported in 2021 after being convicted of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was found in Pensacola, Florida in June 2025. The violent criminal…
Jose Francisco Santizo-Perez, Illegal Reentry, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan man, Jose Francisco Santizo-Perez, 42, has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for his third conviction of illegal reentry by a removed alien. The sentence comes after he pleaded guilty to the crime, which occurred in Okaloosa County, Florida, in January 2026. Santizo-Perez, also known as Jose…
James Michael Olshefskie, Ammunition and Unregistered Firearm Silencers, Florida 2025
⏱ 2 min read James Michael Olshefskie, a 55-year-old convicted felon from Pensacola, Florida, was found guilty of possessing ammunition and two unregistered firearm silencers. On September 11, 2025, United States Probation Officers visited Olshefskie’s residence as part of his federal post-conviction supervision and discovered the prohibited items in his bedroom. As a convicted felon,…
Frederick Donnell McLean Jr., Methamphetamine Trafficking, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read Frederick Donnell McLean Jr., a 39-year-old from Citrus Springs, Florida, was busted on April 28, 2024, while traveling from Marion County to Okaloosa County with a stash of illicit drugs. McLean was stopped by the Florida Highway Patrol in Okaloosa County, and a subsequent search revealed 890 grams of methamphetamine, 27.9…
Kamron Jasmane Fountain, Fentanyl Distribution, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 22-year-old Pensacola man is facing serious time after allegedly peddling fentanyl to locals. Kamron Jasmane Fountain was indicted on three counts of fentanyl distribution and one count of possession with intent to distribute meth, fentanyl, and marijuana. The DEA and Escambia County Sheriff’s Office cracked the case, and Fountain’s trial…
