Tag: tampa
Lee Hughes, Child Sex Abuse Material, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A former Pinellas teacher, Lee Hughes, 46, of Pinellas Park, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in child sexual abuse offenses. Hughes communicated with an undercover officer online for months, expressing his desire to sexually abuse a 9-year-old girl and sending explicit photos and videos…
Mohamed Jaber, Racketeering Conspiracy, Florida 2020
⏱ 2 min read Mohamed Jaber, Irving Bruzon, Christian Andujar, Kyle Miller, and Julissa Collazo, all members of the Alexander Park gang, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in Tampa, Florida. The crimes occurred between January 2020 and July 2021, with the gang operating by…
Nidia Roxana Maradiaga-Flores, Aggravated Identity Theft, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nidia Roxana Maradiaga-Flores, a 28-year-old Honduran national, has been sentenced to 2 years and 2 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft, false representation of a Social Security number, and making a false claim of United States citizenship for employment purposes in Tampa, Florida. Maradiaga-Flores, an illegal alien, was found…
Miguel Cintron, Fentanyl Distribution, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read Miguel Cintron, 38, and Darrius Gustafson, 22, both of Tampa, have been convicted of distributing fentanyl that killed a University of South Florida student. The deadly transaction went down in Tampa, where the two men, along with David Chudhabuddhi and Marquis Trant, peddled the lethal narcotic. The student’s death didn’t stop…
Dekarri Nixon, Bribery, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read Dekarri Nixon, a 28-year-old former correctional officer at the Citrus County Detention Facility, pleaded guilty to accepting a $4,000 bribe to smuggle a cellphone into the facility. Nixon, from Jasper, Florida, worked at the facility where federal detainees are held while awaiting trial and sentencing. The bribe was in exchange for…
Alexander Justin McAfee, Threatening a Public Official, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read A disturbing trend of violence has reached the streets of Tampa, with a local man threatening top officials in a pair of disturbing videos. Alexander Justin McAfee, 34, allegedly published the videos on April 8 and 9, 2026, targeting FBI Director Kash Patel and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The videos,…
Justin Alan Seymour, Hobbs Act Robbery, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read A brazen daylight robbery at a Tampa pizza store in October 2024 ended with the perpetrator behind bars. Justin Alan Seymour (37, Tampa) pointed a gun at the store clerk, but his own dashcam-filmed getaway vehicle gave law enforcement the break they needed. Cops tracked Seymour’s unique ride to a traffic…
Frank Jude Petrone, Sr., Firearms Trafficking, Florida 2024
⏱ 3 min read Tampa, FL – A gun store employee who thought he was above the law has landed himself behind bars. Frank Jude Petrone, Sr. was sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for trafficking in firearms and selling to a convicted felon. Petrone, 56, was working at a licensed…
Stephane Brice, Interstate Transmission of Threats to Assault and Kill a Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Georgia 2026
⏱ 3 min read A Georgia man’s descent into madness ended in a federal prison sentence after he threatened to behead an IRS agent and burn down his house with his kids inside. Stephane Brice, 23, made the chilling threats over the phone in March 2025. On March 18, 2025, Brice called the IRS to…
Ludwin Borgen, Fentanyl Distribution, Florida 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 49-year-old Apollo Beach man, Ludwin Borgen, has been found guilty of distributing fentanyl that resulted in the death of a victim in Tampa. The incident occurred on March 29, 2022, when the victim purchased fentanyl from Borgen at a pharmacy and later overdosed, drowning in a bathtub. The investigation revealed…
