Tampa, Florida – United States Lawyer Roger B. Handberg publicizes that Reginald Roberts (22, Lakeland), a/ok/a/ “Rudy,” Nathaniel Keith Carr (28, Riverdale), a/ok/a “Nate,” and Chrishawn De’Earl Butler (22, Brooksville), a/ok/a “Child,” have every pleaded responsible to conspiracy to commit theft, Hobbs Act theft, and brandishing and discharging firearms within the fee of crimes of violence. Every faces a minimal necessary sentence starting from 14 to 21 years, as much as life, in federal jail. Sentencing dates haven’t but been set.
In accordance with the plea agreements, and as depicted within the connected pictures launched on the preliminary look listening to on Might 12, 2021, between December 2020 and April 2021, Roberts, Carr, Butler and others engaged in a conspiracy to rob people they suspected of distributing narcotics. Throughout that point, the conspirators engaged in quite a few armed robberies in Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, and Lee counties, a few of which resulted in shootings. Whereas committing these offenses, the conspirators impersonated legislation enforcement officers by carrying black clothes, gloves, and masks, usually with legislation enforcement insignia, or vests with “Sheriff” affixed. As well as, throughout sure robberies, the conspirators drove a black Dodge Durango and white Chevrolet Malibu geared up with blue lights and sirens.
Co-conspirator Jasmine Weber (28, Tampa) has additionally pleaded responsible, and is pending sentencing. Indicted co-conspirators Daniel Jackson and Darius Hudson are pending trial. An indictment is merely a proper cost {that a} defendant has dedicated a number of violations of federal prison legislation, and each defendant is presumed harmless except, and till, confirmed responsible.
This case was investigated by the FBI, with help from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Bartow Police Division, the Lakeland Police Division, the Dade Metropolis Police Division, the Cape Coral Police Division, the Pasco Sheriff’s Workplace, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Arcadia Police Division, and the Florida Freeway Patrol. It’s being prosecuted by Assistant United States Lawyer Diego F. Novaes.
This case is a part of Challenge Protected Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing collectively all ranges of legislation enforcement and the communities they serve to cut back violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everybody. On Might 26, 2021, the Division launched a violent crime discount technique strengthening PSN based mostly on these core ideas: fostering belief and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that assist forestall violence from occurring within the first place, setting centered and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the outcomes.
