OCALA, Florida, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Maria Chapa Lopez, issued the following news release: Tommie Raymond Thomas (50, Sumter County, Florida) today pleaded guilty to one count of stalking. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, while Thomas was an inmate at the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex, he anonymously sent a series of five threatening and dist  more

OCALA, Florida, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Maria Chapa Lopez, issued the following news release: Heather Lee Kussoff (31, Cape Coral) today pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agency. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to the plea agreement, Kussoff worked as a correctional officer at the Coleman Federal Correctional Center. In 2014, she develope  more

OCALA, Florida, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Maria Chapa Lopez, issued the following news release: A federal jury has found Juan Pablo Malagon-Alvarez (40), Jose Lucio Mendoza-Servin (35), and Aurelio Gomez-Andrade (40), all of Ocala, guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. Each faces a minimum mandatory of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison for that charge. In addition, the jury found Malagon-Alv  more