ORLANDO, Fla. — Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Orlando joined the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Roger B. Handberg among other partner law enforcement agencies in Central Florida during a press conference to announce the return of a new 16-count federal indictment charging seven individuals with offenses stemming from four years of dealing in drugs and an armed robbery spree that culminated in a double homicide on April 10 and April 11, 2024.
The third superseding indictment alleges the following federal charges:
Jordanish Torres Garcia faces a minimum life sentence, up to three death penalties, up to three additional life sentences, and an additional 145 years in federal prison stemming from 12 charges related to carjacking causing death, kidnapping causing death, drug conspiracy, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, two counts of brandishing firearm in robbery, attempted Hobbs Act robbery, use of firearm causing death, arson, and possession of ammunition by convicted felon.
Giovany Crespo Hernandez faces a minimum life sentence, a maximum of three death penalties, up to two additional life sentences, and an additional up to 45 years in federal prison for seven charges related to kidnapping causing death, carjacking causing death, use of firearm causing death, drug conspiracy, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, and possession of firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla faces a minimum life sentence, a maximum of three death penalties, and an additional up to 40 years in federal prison for five charges related to carjacking causing death, kidnapping causing death, use of firearm causing death, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Attempted Hobbs Act robbery.
Monicsabel Romero Soto faces two potential life sentences and an additional up to 50 years in federal prison for three charges related to drug conspiracy, possession with intent to distribute controlled substance, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.
Cesar Silva Fernandez faces a maximum life sentence and an additional up to 55 years in federal prison for four charges related to conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, brandishing firearm in robbery, and possession of firearm by convicted felon.
Sonic Torres faces a maximum life sentence and an additional up to 40 years in federal prison for three charges stemming from conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm in robbery.
Anneliz Colon De Jesus faces a maximum life sentence and an additional up to 40 years for three charges involving conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery, and brandishing a firearm in robbery.
Previously, Jordanish Torres Garcia, 28, Giovany Crespo Hernandez, 27, and Dereck Alexis Rodriguez Bonilla, 21, all of Orlando, were charged with carjacking resulting in death, kidnapping resulting in death, and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence causing the death of K.A. on April 11, 2024. Torres Garcia was also charged with possession of ammunition the night before on April 10, 2024, in a homicide in Taft, Florida.
Crespo Hernandez and his girlfriend, Monicsabel Romero Soto, were charged with drug crimes occurring on April 17, 2024. The new indictment brings those charges together for one single trial and encompasses years of dealing in drugs and drug proceeds along with multiple robberies culminating in the events of April 10 and April 11, 2024.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
In addition, on Jan. 15, 2025, Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, 27, also of Orlando, one of the individuals who participated in the carjacking killing on April 11, 2024, pleaded guilty to federal charges arising from the events of that day, along with drug and firearms charges related to events occurring in August 2022. Ocasio Justiniano pleaded guilty to committing and aiding and abetting the commission of carjacking resulting in death, kidnapping resulting in death, and using a firearm resulting in death on April 11, 2024. He also pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute controlled substances from May through August 2022 and possessing an automatic firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. He faces a minimum penalty of life in federal prison.
According to the plea agreement, Ocasio Justiniano conspired with others to distribute “dealer packs” of fentanyl and cocaine from May through Aug. 23, 2022, when he was detained by law enforcement carrying a fully automatic handgun. In the months leading up to the robbery on April 11, 2024, and murder of K.A., Ocasio Justiniano participated with Torres Garcia and his brother, Sonic Torres, in an armed home invasion robbery in the Poinciana, Florida, area.
On April 11, 2024, Ocasio Justiniano made plans with Torres Garcia to conduct the carjacking and kidnapping of K.A. and to rob her of $170,000 in drug proceeds that were being laundered. Ocasio Justiniano received $60,000 for his participation in the crime. In planning for the event, Ocasio Justiniano bought lighter fluid at a gas station near Crespo Hernandez’s home in Casselberry, Florida, where K.A. was planning to pick up the drug proceeds. After K.A. retrieved the drug proceeds, Ocasio Justiniano drove Torres Garcia’s green sedan while Torres Garcia committed the gunpoint carjacking on East Lake Drive and Tuskawilla Road. When they arrived at the location in Boggy Creek Road site where K.A. was later killed and burned, Ocasio Justiniano drove the green sedan from the construction site to Boggy Creek Road to meet with Rodriguez Bonilla and a juvenile male accomplice to retrieve the gun that Torres Garcia had used to kill K.A.
This case was investigated by the FBI and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the HSI Orlando, the Drug Enforcement Administration Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the St. Cloud Police Department, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the U.S. Marshals Service. It will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dana Hill and Michael Felicetta.
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