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PRESS RELEASE Released by: Major Jacob Ruiz September 26, 2019 sheriff_pio@osceola.org

Osceola County Sheriff Detectives team with United States Marshal Service

Deputies and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to arrest 67

noncompliant sexual predators and sexual offenders in a 7-month operation

The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, United States Marshals Service, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and State

Probation and Parole conducted a joint operation to verify the compliance of the 550 registered sexual offender and

predators in Osceola County Florida.

The compliance operation titled Parking Lot Party was funded by the Unites States Marshals Office and ran from January

31, 2019, to August 31, 2019. Osceola County Sex Offender Detectives, Unites States Marshals Service Deputies, Florida

Department of Law Enforcement Inspectors and State Probation and Parole conducted proactive investigations to

determine if the subjects had correctly reported their residency status, employment, email and social media accounts,

campus activity, professional licenses, vehicles and vessels owned and have reported travel information over seventy two

(72) hours. Sixty seven (67) Sexual Offenders and Predators were arrested for non-compliance.

The operation resulted in three (3) cases which violated the Adam Walsh Act (18 USC 2250(a)) requirement to register

after crossing state lines. The three (3) subjects will be prosecuted in Federal Court.

The Law Enforcement Officers involved not only charged the subjects with the Failure to Register Violations, but

conducted nine hundred and fifty seven (957) address verifications throughout the county (to include tourist) with the

assistance of the Kissimmee Police Department, St. Cloud Police Department and State Probation and Parole.

The operation was successful in assisting the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office in accomplishing and meeting the goals of

enforcing state, local and federal laws for non-compliant sexual offender/predators, ultimately making Osceola County

communities safer.

Please contact the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office Sex Offender Unit at 321-697-4416 or 321-697-4371 for any sexual

offender or sexual predator questions or for additional information. You can search your neighborhood for sexual

offenders or sexual predators at; https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us or download the Osceola County Sheriffs’ Office

application and select the sex offenders icon.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Russ Gibson 2601 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway Kissimmee, Florida 34744 Office: (407) 348-2222 www.osceolasheriff.org

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Cody Defour

Reynaldo Cruz-

Sanabria

James Gatlin

Mario Merced

Lugo Wilson

Randy Emery

James Clax

Samuel Flowers Charles Robertson Richard Preusser

William Morra

Celestino Gonzalez

Travis Batton

William Tosca

Kenneth Ladner

Randolph Innis

Alan Tradeau

William Arroyo

Kevin Cuevas

Segarra

Luis Dejesus

Rodriguez

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John Soto

Juan Blanes Garcia

David Michael

Ronan

Eduardo Ortiz

Dejesus

Anthony Rodriguez

Nathaniel Tirado

Pedro Mateo

Kevin Jones

Rex Williams

Johnny Medina

Juan Antonio

Perez

Michael Lee Rhum

Thomas Bruechert

Leon Addison

Austin Fisk

Giovanni Hostos

Joel Braverman

Marquis Williams

Felix Olmo

Robert Souza

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Luis Velez

Austin Fisk

Jimmy Glass

Angel Luis Cruz

Dale Carl Miller

John William Astol

Wlliam Beverly

James Allen

Compton

Adam Michael

Anderson

Luis Alberto Saez

Eduardo

Rodriguez

Casimiro

Michael Rojas

Rengifo

Kevin Reyes

Martinez

Michael Walter

Bonifer

Robert Lasaik

Benjamin Walker

William Messeck

Scott Hackworth

Rey Sanchez Rios