Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces guilty pleas by the following individuals in four separate cases:
United States v. Barbara Caylor-Hernandez et al., Case No. 6:18-cr-184-Orl-37TBS
Name
Age/City
Date of Plea
Pleaded Guilty to the Following Charge
Barbara Caylor-Hernandez
a/k/a “Barb”
a/k/a “Barbie”
47, Ormond Beach
1/9/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Ramiro Fraire-Chavarria
44, Dalton, GA
1/29/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Michael Babin
47, Daytona Beach
1/20/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Melanie Kerr
28, Daytona Beach
1/30/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Keith Simmons
41, Oak Hill
1/16/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and distribution of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine.
Carla Ray
51, Oak Hill
1/29/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Spencer Burkard
49, New Smyrna Beach
1/31/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and distribution of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine.
Robert Foster
357, St. Augustine
1/24/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and distribution of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine.
Daniel Barbarino
54, Daytona Beach
1/28/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Andrew Shettler
a/k/a “Yeti”
33, Palm Coast
1/30/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Brian Burt
a/k/a “Sledge”
47, Port Orange
1/16/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Lawrence Sann
55, Bunnell
1/25/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
United States v. Keith Kirchoff et al., Case No. 6:18-cr-183-Orl-37DCI
Name
Age/City
Date of Plea
Pleaded Guilty to the Following Charge
Andrew Shettler
a/k/a “Yeti”
33, Palm Coast
1/30/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Michael Andrews
a/k/a “Clutch”
33, Palm Coast
1/29/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
United States v. Cindy Bledsoe et al., Case No. 6:18-cr-182-Orl-37KRS
Name
Age/City
Date of Plea
Pleaded Guilty to the Following Charge
Jason Stringer
38, Daytona Beach
1/29/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Michael Andrews
a/k/a “Clutch”
33, Palm Coast
1/29/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
United States v. Salvador Rivas et al., Case No 6:18-cr-213-Orl-37TBS
Name
Age/City
Date of Plea
Pleaded Guilty to the Following Charge
Salvador Rivas
a/k/a “Shadow”
29, Jacksonville
1/31/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Melissa Ford
35, Daytona Beach
1/28/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and distribution of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine.
Theodore Bilski
53, Daytona Beach
1/29/2019
Conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
Caylor-Hernandez, Fraire-Chavarria, Babin, Kerr, Simmons, Ray, Burkard, Foster, Barbarino, Burt, Shettler , Andrews, Rivas, Ford, and Bilski each face a maximum penalty of life in federal prison. Sann and Stringer each face a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
According to court documents, in April 2017, the FBI, and later the DEA, began an investigation into the drug trafficking organizations (DTO) that had supplied motorcycle clubs, including the Pagans Motorcycle Club, operating in the Middle District of Florida with distribution amounts of methamphetamine.
During the investigation, law enforcement learned that Caylor-Hernandez was one of the leaders of a DTO distributing kilogram amounts of methamphetamine to other DTOs and individuals located in central Florida. Members of the Caylor-Hernandez DTO transported methamphetamine from Georgia to various cities in central Florida, including St. Augustine, Holly Hill, and Daytona Beach, for further distribution.
One of the members of the Caylor-Hernandez DTO, Kerr, then distributed the methamphetamine to Burt and Shettler. At the time, Burt was a member of the Pagans’ Mother Chapter, a group of 13 members that direct the Pagans’ criminal activities throughout the United States. Shettler was a member of the Thunderguards Motorcycle Club, a club affiliated with the Pagans.
Law enforcement also learned that Andrews, who was the sergeant-at-arms or enforcer for the local Pagans’ chapter located in Daytona Beach, received distribution amounts of methamphetamine from several sources, including a DTO operating in both Georgia and central Florida. That DTO transported large amounts of methamphetamine from Georgia to central Florida for further distribution.
These cases were investigated by the FBI, DEA, the Volusia Bureau of Investigation, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, and the Daytona Beach Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sean P. Shecter.
Description: The fiscal year of the data file obtained from the AOUSC
Format: YYYY
Description: The code of the federal judicial circuit where the case was located
Format: A2
Description: The code of the federal judicial district where the case was located
Format: A2
Description: The code of the district office where the case was located
Format: A2
Description: Docket number assigned by the district to the case
Format: A7
Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which cannot be modified by the court
Format: A3
Description: A unique number assigned to each defendant in a case which can be modified by the court
Format: A3
Description: A sequential number indicating whether a case is an original proceeding or a reopen
Format: N5
Description: Case type associated with the current defendant record
Format: A2
Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, defendant number, and reopen sequence number
Format: A18
Description: A concatenation of district, office, docket number, case type, and reopen sequence number
Format: A15
Description: The status of the defendant as assigned by the AOUSC
Format: A2
Description: A code indicating the fugitive status of a defendant
Format: A1
Description: The date upon which a defendant became a fugitive
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which a fugitive defendant was taken into custody
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date when a case was first docketed in the district court
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which proceedings in a case commenced on charges pending in the district court where the defendant appeared, or the date of the defendant’s felony-waiver of indictment
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: A code used to identify the nature of the proceeding
Format: N2
Description: The date when a defendant first appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: A code indicating the event by which a defendant appeared before a judicial officer in the district court where a charge was pending
Format: A2
Description: A code indicating the type of legal counsel assigned to a defendant
Format: N2
Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the highest severity
Format: A20
Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE1
Format: N2
Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4
Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE1
Format: A4
Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE1
Format: A3
Description: The title and section of the U.S. Code applicable to the offense committed which carried the second highest severity
Format: A20
Description: A code indicating the level of offense associated with FTITLE2
Format: N2
Description: The four digit AO offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4
Description: The four digit D2 offense code associated with FTITLE2
Format: A4
Description: A code indicating the severity associated with FTITLE2
Format: A3
Description: The FIPS code used to indicate the county or parish where an offense was committed
Format: A5
Description: The date of the last action taken on the record
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which judicial proceedings before the court concluded
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which the final sentence is recorded on the docket
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The date upon which the case was closed
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: The total fine imposed at sentencing for all offenses of which the defendant was convicted and a fine was imposed
Format: N8
Description: A count of defendants filed including inter-district transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants filed excluding inter-district transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of original proceedings commenced
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants filed whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants terminated including interdistrict transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants terminated excluding interdistrict transfers
Format: N1
Description: A count of original proceedings terminated
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants terminated whose proceedings commenced by reopen, remand, appeal, or retrial
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period including long term fugitives
Format: N1
Description: A count of defendants pending as of the last day of the period excluding long term fugitives
Format: N1
Description: The source from which the data were loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: A10
Description: A sequential number indicating the iteration of the defendant record
Format: N2
Description: The date the record was loaded into the AOUSC’s NewSTATS database
Format: YYYYMMDD
Description: Statistical year ID label on data file obtained from the AOUSC which represents termination year
