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HECTOR BAEZ<\/strong> PILAR RIVERA<\/strong><\/p>\n JEIMYLEE BAEZ RIVERA<\/strong><\/p>\n MIGUEL CASTRO RIVERA<\/strong><\/p>\n LUIS RAMOS DELGADO<\/strong><\/p>\n \n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cOperation Rooske, A Family Affair:\u201d Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A multi-agency fentanyl trafficking investigation, which lasted just over three \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The effort began in January of 2021 and included the coordination between the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The investigations were conducted with the assistance of the State Financial \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In 2023, the Florida Legislature established state funding for the \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Two suppliers of illegal drugs to the Rooske organization were identified: 26-year old Wilfredo Feliciano<\/strong> Velez<\/strong> and 59-year old Casimiro Bidot Del Valle<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On June 20, 2024, detectives from the PCSO’s Bureau of Special Investigations, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Among the assets seized were: $12,270 in US currency, five vehicles ($154,000), two personal watercrafts $15,000), dirt bikes and off-road vehicles ($40,000), enclosed trailer ($4,000), Rooske Bait Store merchandise ($35,000), Rooske Motorcycle Shop merchandise ($55,000), jewelry\/electronics\/firearms\/designer apparel ($67,500), bank accounts ($40,000), and liens on the residence of Hector <\/strong>and Pilar<\/strong> ($200,000). The total value of these seized assets is $604,770.00.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Those assets, combined with the organization’s seized illegal drugs produced a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While most of the arrests were buyers of illegal drugs from the Rooske organization, detectives used those arrests to lead back to and build a case \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The following were the main actors arrested during this operation:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hector Baez Torres, <\/strong>43, Lakeland \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeimylee Baez Rivera,<\/strong> 23, Auburndale, daughter of Hector <\/strong>and Pilar<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Casimiro Bidot Del Valle<\/strong>, 59, Kissimmee (drug supplier to the organization) \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HECTOR BAEZ TORRES PILAR RIVERA JEIMYLEE BAEZ RIVERA \u00a0 MIGUEL CASTRO RIVERA \u00a0\u00a0 LUIS RAMOS DELGADO \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cOperation Rooske, A Family Affair:\u201d Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, Ashley Moody, Attorney General, coordinate dismantling of Lakeland-based fentanyl trafficking organization. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A multi-agency fentanyl trafficking investigation, which lasted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134615,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134613\/revisions\/134615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTORRES<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/PILKAR-RIVRA.jpg\")
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\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nthe Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, Ashley Moody,<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Attorney General, coordinate dismantling of Lakeland-based fentanyl trafficking organization.<\/p>\n
\nyears, resulted in the arrest of 64 people, and crippled the Lakeland-based organization.<\/p>\n
\nPolk County Sheriff’s Office, The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, Ashley Moody,<\/strong> Attorney General.<\/p>\n
\nAssistance for Fentanyl Eradication (S.A.F.E), Florida Program managed by the
\nFDLE.<\/p>\n
\nS.A.F.E program to conduct investigations designed to combat illegal fentanyl trafficking.\u00a0 The grant provides financial support and assistance for approved
\nfentanyl-related investigative costs, such as overtime, travel, investigative supplies and equipment, and training.
\nOrganized Crime Unit detectives from the PCSO and special agents from FDLE conducted multiple undercover purchases of fentanyl from the Rooske drug trafficking organization which used the Rooske Bait and Tackle Shop, 6908 U. S. 982 N., Lakeland, and Rooske Motorcycle Parts & Accessories, 6916 U. S. 98 N,
\nLakeland, for drug trafficking and money laundering.<\/p>\n
\nof Kissimmee. Feliciano Velez<\/strong> was arrested by PCSO detectives as he was delivering three kilograms of cocaine to Hector Baez Torres. Bidot Del Valle<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>was arrested at his residence by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office during the execution of a search warrant.<\/p>\n
\nalong with FDLE Special Agents, executed five search warrants in Polk County (Rooske Motorcycle Parts & Accessories, Rooske Bait & Tackle Shop, the
\nresidence of Hector and Pilar,<\/strong> the residence of Jeimylee and Miguel,<\/strong> and the residence of Luis and Wilma<\/strong> and one in Osceola County (the residence of
\nCasimiro.<\/strong>
\nDuring the investigation, the following illegal drugs were seized: Fentanyl (742.14 grams), cocaine 3,585.42 grams, methamphetamine (13.08 grams), oxycodone (57 grams), and marijuana (228.69 grams). The total street value of the seized illegal drugs is estimated to be worth $475,348.60.<\/p>\n
\ntotal impact of $1,080,118.60 on the Rooske Drug Trafficking Organization.<\/p>\n
\nagainst the organization.<\/p>\n
\nCharged: racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, unlawful
\nuse of 2-way communication device.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pilar Rivera,<\/strong> 41, Lakeland (Hector’s<\/strong> wife) Charged: conspiracy to commit racketeering, unlawful use of 2-way communication device<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Charged: conspiracy to commit racketeering, trafficking in cocaine 28g or
\nmore, trafficking in fentanyl 28g or more, possession of oxycodone, possessing a structure for drugs with minor present, negligent child abuse w\/o bodily harm, unlawful use of 2-way communication device,
\npossession of marijuana resin, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of prescription drug without prescription.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miguel Castro Rivera,<\/strong> 24, Auburndale (boyfriend of Jeimylee) <\/strong>Charged: armed trafficking in cocaine,\u00a0 racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, trafficking in fentanyl 14g or more, armed
\ntrafficking in fentanyl 28g or more, possessing a structure for drugs with minor present (f1), use of firearm during commission of felony offense, unlawful use of 2-way communication device (f3), negligent child abuse
\nw\/o bodily harm, possession of marijuana resin, possession of
\noxycodone, possession of marijuana, possession of altered firearm, resisting without violence possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of prescription drug without prescription.
\nLuis Ramos Delgado<\/strong>, 48, Lakeland (boyfriend of Wilma<\/strong>)
\nCharged: racketeering), conspiracy to commit racketeering, trafficking in fentanyl 4g<14g, trafficking in fentanyl 14g<28g,
\ntrafficking in fentanyl 28g or more (f1), and unlawful use of 2-way communication device.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wilma Fuentes Laureano,<\/strong> 56, Lakeland (girlfriend of Luis<\/strong>) Charged: conspiracy to commit racketeering, and trafficking in fentanyl 4g or more.<\/p>\n
\nCharged: trafficking in fentanyl 28g or more, trafficking in cocaine over 200 grams, possession of firearm by convicted felon, and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n