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FDLE, HCSO, FDC: 27 arrested in Operation Full Moon

 
For Immediate Release
November 19, 2024
 
TAMPA, Fla. – Inspectors and agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) partnered with Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) and Florida Department of Corrections Probation and Parole to conduct Operation Full Moon. The operation was launched to confirm that registered sexual offenders and sexual predators are complying with Florida’s registration laws.
 
During the three-day operation, physical contact was made with 70 registrants residing in Hillsborough County to verify they continue to follow registration laws. Twenty-seven arrests were made.
 
Jorge Caez, 46, was arrested on a new charge of transmitting harmful material to a minor and for violating sex offender probation conditions.
 
Ankit Shingala, 25, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and 10 counts of violating sex offender probation conditions.
 
Eleven registrants were arrested for failing to report mandatory information as required by law.
 
Arrests:
Daniel De La Cruz, 26 Wyatt Land, 20
Aaron Fourment, 46 Frank Ochoa, Jr., 52
Serone Gates, 26 Jessie Ramirez, PREDATOR, 45
Mark Dennison, 42 Robert Williamson, PREDATOR, 58
Caleb Garrison, PREDATOR, 24 Alyssa Woods, 27
Luis Morales Rivera, 32  
 
Fourteen registrants were arrested for violating sex offender/sexual predator probation conditions.
 
Arrests:
Christopher Dixon, 39 Joseph A. Anderson, 32
Astonio Gilbert, 47 Jesus Castellano-Mojica, PREDATOR, 83
Austin Green, PREDATOR, 38 Robert Fretwell, PREDATOR, 78
Kelvin McMillian, 39 Jose D. Hernandez, 23
Rudy Siam Rodriguez, 45 Hermino Pantoja, 51
Brian Fryar, PREDATOR, 51 Michael Rosado Jimenez, 32
Daniel Garcia Romero, 43 Jacob Rubio, 24
 
All suspects were booked into the Hillsborough County Jail.
 
The operation was conducted by FDLE’s Enforcement and Investigative Support Bureau inspectors, FDLE’s Tampa Bay Regional Operations Center agents, HCSO investigators and the Florida Department of Corrections. FDLE’s crime intelligence analysts also assisted.
 
FDLE’s Enforcement and Investigative Support (EIS) Unit partners with sheriffs across Florida to verify compliance with Florida’s registration laws requiring sex offenders and predators to report to their local sheriff’s office and provide information including residential addresses, telephone numbers, vehicle information, internet identifiers, photograph, passport and conviction information.
 
Citizens can access Florida’s Sex Offender Registry by downloading the FDLE Mobile App and search the online Florida’s Sex Offender Registry at Sexual Offenders and Predators Search.
 
For Further Information Contact:
FDLE Office of Public Information
Info@fdle.state.fl.us
 

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