Press Releases

Attorney General: One Gang Fugitive in Custody, Second Still Sought
02/09/2010: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that one of the gang fugitives recently featured on the Attorney General's Most Wanted list has been apprehended, but a second fugitive is still at large...

Attorney General Announces Search for Two Fugitive Gang Members
02/03/2010: ~ Central Florida men believed to be armed, dangerous ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his Office of Statewide Prosecution is searching for two fugitive gang members. Jesus Ravelo...

Three Tampa Area Gang Members Convicted
01/22/2010: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that three Plant City gang members were convicted of conspiracy to commit racketeering. West Side members Sylvester Dunson Jr., Christopher Davis and...

Orange County Jury Convicts North Florida Gang Members
10/19/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that two members of a violent “hybrid” gang in Gadsden County have been convicted by an Orange County jury on criminal charges of racketeering and...

Third Shift Gang Member Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
10/08/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a Manatee County gang member was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering. James...

SUR 13 Gang Member and Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 35 Years for Criminal Racketeering, Conspiracy to Traffic Cocaine
09/04/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced an Orange County man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison and $510,000 in fines for criminal racketeering charges and drug trafficking charges...

Orange County Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Drug Trafficking
08/27/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced an Orange County man was sentenced to 25 years in prison and $350,000 in fines for his involvement in a Central Florida narcotics trafficking enterprise....

Third Shift Gang Member Receives 60-Year Prison Sentence
08/24/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a Manatee County gang member was convicted late Friday night of criminal racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering. Ryan Simmons, a member of the...

Drug Traffickers Convicted for Criminal Racketeering, Cocaine Trafficking
08/13/2009: ~ Central Florida men were involved with separate aspects of cocaine trafficking enterprise ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that two men were convicted of criminal racketeering...

Third Shift Gang Member Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
07/09/2009: TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced a Manatee County gang member was sentenced to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to criminal charges of racketeering and conspiracy to commit...