4A The Madison Enterprise-Recorder www. greenepublishing. com Iaw Enfortcemnt & Rgiona Crime Friday, August 8, 2008 Five State Correctional Guards Charged Federally Madison County... For Smuggling Drugs Into Correctional Institution R. Alexander Acosta, United States-Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Spe- cial Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Walter A. McNeil, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, and Alexander E. Rolle, Jr., Chief of Po- lice, Homestead Police Department, announced a series Indictments against five State of Florida Correctional Officers working at Dade Correctional Institution ("DCI"), for conspiring and attempting to traffic illegal narcotics inside the prison, in violation of Title 21, Unit- ed States Code, Section 846, and for accepting cash pay- ments from inmates in return for helping to deliver nar- cotics inside the prison, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951. These Correctional Officers, as well as a prison contract employee and other individ- uals involved in the narcotics trafficking, were arrested today. Arrested and charged were Captain Jimmy Lee Love, Jr., Officer Shantavia A.L. Johnson, Officer Den- nard G. Fluker, Officer Alexander J. Davis, and Officer Ivis N. Grace, all Correctional Officers at DCI, a maxi- mum security state prison in Florida City, Florida. Fe- licia Z. Calloway, a contract employee who worked in the DCI kitchen was charged and taken into custody as well. Also named in the Indictments were Arnold S. Lindsay, Jr., Jose Rodriguez, Henry J. Benjamin, Nilo Penton, Joseph Springer, and Leon O. Montes, all DCI in- mates, as well as Barbara N. Rodriguez, an associate of one of the inmates. The four separate Indictments are the result of Op- Certificate Classes Begin Aug.25 North Florida Community College WWW.NFCC.EDU ; iI - -I " Apply Now Take Entry Test i Get Financial Aid Start Aug. 25 Architectural or Mechanical Drafting Flexible Class Schedule Online Classes North Fbria Community Coege I S WWW.NFCC.EDU B ir 'i eration Birdcage, an FBI undercover investigation into public corruption at DCI. The investigation generated multiple undercover meetings in which an undercover police officer posed as a drug dealer who was available to provide illegal drugs for movement inside DCI. During the investigation, the undercover agent was referred to inmates who were connected to DCI employ- ees and contractors. This led to a series of meetings be- tween the undercover officer and certain correctional officers, the contract employee, and the inmate associ- ate. Meetings between the undercover officer and these individuals were surveilled and recorded. Ultimately, the undercover agent supplied the defendants with sham cocaine and heroin for introduction into DCI, and money payment for their services. The defendants face a maximum twenty year sen- tence on each charge and a $250,000 fine if convict- ed. Mr. Acosta commended the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Corrections, State of Florida, and the Homestead Police Department. These cases are being handled by Assis- tant United States Attorney Brian Frazier. A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usdo/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the South- ern District of Florida at http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/ or on http://pacerflsd.uscourts.gov/. Tallahassee Man Arrested For Online Solicitation Of A Minor Agents with the Flori- da Department of Law Enforcement Computer Crime Center (FC3) ar- rested Joseph Warren, 42, of Tallahassee, last week and charged him with one count of traveling to meet a minor and three counts of online entice- ment of a minor for sex acts. Warren became a sus- pect during an undercov- er investigation by FDLE's Computer Crime. Center. During the inves- tigation, Warren chatted online with an undercov- er agent posing as a 14- Til .. 1I 11G -Lt 3. IJL. .v i~WIJt.JL SThe. .se obfchiceforprnfession ~ai l A Apply today for Fall Semrestr , i|a itlaida cand scholarships available lii uWrs ps axd flexible scheduling . S ) lda s idn dUiattention'from po r nalized acaden c advi ..a.dcae.t. .t .e.f.. .. .. n .A-. rY L / era r&.,r," ,d sti ," ".. .. . .. ...' ." '.- -- .. Z. .I ".. .-' tion -l D. .. l" ** .L 1 aeses .ti ral Studies Jial Laboratory Science .. : . 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Please visit the FDLE Computer Crime Center Web site to review tips for keeping your children safe online at: www.fdl- e.state.f.us/FC3. ^fwjA N 7/30/08 Quan Woodrow Isom - VOP (circuit) Arthur Powell III - Out of county warrant 7/31/08 SMelissa Anne Lush - Possession of marijuana less than 20 grams, culti- vation of marijuana, pos- session of drug para- phernalia Gregory Lee Hackle - Possession of drug para- phernalia, cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana more than 20 grams Stacie Walsh Du- minch Reckless driving 8/1/08 Gregory Steve Ferrell - VOP (circuit) 8/2/08 Dexter Bernard Dob- son Violation of injunc- tion for protection Calvin Johnson Re- sisting an officer without violence, disorderly con- duct Jovan Montreal Thompson Resisting an officer without violence, possession of cocaine 8/3/08 Bethany Elaine Pad- gett DUI 8/4/08 Trigg Hess Deweese - Out of county warrant, VOP (circuit) 8/5/08 Richard Neal Gille- spie Resisting an officer without violence, allow- ing an unauthorized per- son to drive Donald Eugene Price - Driving while license suspended, revoked or cancelled, resisting an of- ficer without violence, out of county warrant Tallahassee Couple Charged With Prescription Drug Fraud A joint investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and the Tallahassee Police De- partment has led to the arrest of a Tallahassee couple on numerous counts of prescription drug offenses. The in- vestigation began in November 2007 when FDLE re- ceived information alleging that Ty Ranc4 Gentle and Kristi Leigh Gentle were visiting numerous doctors to illegally obtain prescription drug medications. FDLE found that Ty and Kristi Gentle visited sever- al physicians in Tallahassee for treatment'of the same medical complaints and obtained prescriptions for such pain medications as Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Endocet and Darvocet. The couple allegedly obtained as many as 68 prescriptions containing 3,000 prescription pills from 26 different physicians. Ty Gentle was arrested in Tallahassee on July 14 and charged with 11 counts of Withholding Information from a Practitioner to Obtain Controlled Substances, commonly known as "doctor shopping," and four counts of Insurance Fraud. Kristi Gentle was also arrested in Tallahassee on July 14 and charged with 13 counts of Withholding In- formation from a Practitioner to Obtain Controlled Sub- stances and five counts of Insurance Fraud. 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