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New Federal Charges Filed In Carjacking And Murder Case; One Individual Pleads Guilty Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida 
Date: 16 January 2025 Subjects: American Government , Crime
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Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of a new 16-count federal indictment charging 7 individuals with offenses stemming from 4 years of dealing in drugs and an armed robbery spree that culminated in a double homicide on April 10 and 11, 2024. The third superseding indictment alleges the following federal charges:
No. | Charge | Date Range | Defendants | Maximum Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Drug conspiracy | 9/17/20–4/17/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Giovany Crespo Hernandez Monicsabel Romero Soto | Minimum 10 years, up to life, in federal prison |
2 | Conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery | 2/9/24–4/11/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Sonic Torres Giovany Crespo Hernandez Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla Anneliz Colon De Jesus Cesar Silva Fernandez | 20 years in federal prison |
3 | Hobbs Act robbery | 2/9/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Anneliz Colon De Jesus Cesar Silva Fernandez | 20 years in federal prison |
4 | Brandishing firearm in robbery | 2/9/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Anneliz Colon De Jesus Cesar Silva Fernandez | Minimum 7 years, up to life, in federal prison |
5 | Hobbs Act robbery | 2/15/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Sonic Torres | 20 years in federal prison |
6 | Brandishing firearm in robbery | 2/15/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Sonic Torres | Minimum 7 years, up to life, in federal prison |
7 | Attempted Hobbs Act robbery | 4/10/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla | 20 years in federal prison |
8 | Possession of ammunition by convicted felon | 4/10/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia | 15 years in federal prison |
9 | Hobbs Act robbery | 4/11/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Giovany Crespo Hernandez Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla | 20 years in federal prison |
10 | Carjacking causing death | 4/11/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Giovany Crespo Hernandez Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla | Life in federal prison or death |
11 | Kidnapping causing death | 4/11/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Giovany Crespo Hernandez Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla | Minimum of life in federal prison, or death |
12 | Use of firearm causing death | 4/11/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia Giovany Crespo Hernandez Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla | Minimum 10 years, up to life, in federal prison or death |
13 | Arson | 4/11/24 | Jordanish Torres Garcia | Minimum 5 years, up to 20 years in federal prison |
14 | Possession with intent to distribute controlled substance | 4/17/24 | Monicsabel Romero Soto | Minimum 5 years, up to 40 years in federal prison |
15 | Possession of firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking | 4/17/24 | Giovany Crespo Hernandez Monicsabel Romero Soto | Minimum 5 years, up to life in federal prison |
16 | Possession of firearm by convicted felon | 4/28/24 | Cesar Silva Fernandez | 15 years in federal prison |
Previously, Jordanish Torres Garcia (28, Orlando), Giovany Crespo Hernandez (27, Orlando), and Dereck Alexis Rodriguez Bonilla (21, 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 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 January 15, 2025, Kevin Ocasio Justiniano (27, 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 August 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 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 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the St. Cloud Police Department, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the United States Marshals Service. It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Dana Hill and Michael Felicetta.
Updated January 16, 2025