U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida
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Griselda Vazquez-Duran, a 46-year-old Mexican national, has been sentenced to six months in prison for illegal reentry into the United States.
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Deshawn I. Donson, a 21-year-old resident of Pensacola, Florida, faces federal charges for allegedly committing eighteen armed robberies in Escambia County.
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Kimberly Robinson Gandy of Gulfport, Mississippi, has been found guilty by a federal jury on charges related to sex trafficking and money laundering.
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Donovan Arthur Sauleda, a 39-year-old resident of Crawfordville, Florida, has been convicted by a federal jury on charges related to child pornography and the distribution of obscene material.
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United States Attorney John P. Heekin has announced that 16 individuals who were previously deported have been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States.
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United States Attorney John P. Heekin announced the sentencing of the last of four co-defendants in a large-scale marijuana distribution conspiracy in Tallahassee, Florida.
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Terry Carrington, a 38-year-old boat captain from Carrabelle, Florida, received an 84-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
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John P. "Jack" Heekin was sworn in as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, taking his oath from Chief District Judge Mark E. Walker in Tallahassee, Florida.
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Orly Moises Garcia Hernandez, a 34-year-old Honduran national, has been charged in federal court with illegally entering military property and resisting arrest of a federal officer.
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Lagarius Joseph Johnson, a 20-year-old resident of Gainesville, Florida, has been found guilty by a federal jury for possession of a machine gun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
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Stephen Christopher Young, a 58-year-old resident of Gainesville, Florida, has been sentenced to 121 months in prison for the receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography.
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Romeo Wilson, a 20-year-old resident of Tallahassee, Florida, has been sentenced to over 24 months in federal prison following his guilty plea to several charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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Lorenzo Heatrice, a 70-year-old resident of Marianna, Florida, was found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
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Jacqueline Dianne Wallace, a 52-year-old Jamaican citizen, has been arrested in Florida.
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Rafael Sanchez-De La Rosa, a 51-year-old Mexican citizen, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States.
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Five individuals have been convicted in connection with a fraud scheme targeting the 401(k) accounts of elderly retired Florida school district employees.
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Tyquan M. Watson and Dezaneil D. Cosby Jr., both from Tallahassee, Florida, have been found guilty of conspiring to distribute marijuana on a large scale.
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A Florida man lost two residences, several bank accounts, and more than $2.6 million – and was sentenced to more than five years in prison – after a wire fraud conviction.