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Date: 07-03-2024
Case Style:
United States of America v. Frenel Cenat
Case Number: 0:24-cr-60016
Judge: James Cohn
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Broward County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney's Office in Fort Lauderdale
Defendant's Attorney:
Description:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with extortion.
"Frenel Cenat, 41, who had worked in the police department’s property room protecting evidence used in criminal investigations, admitted that he used his badge and unmarked police-issued vehicle to stop drug-trafficking suspects in Broward County. His M.O.: stealing cocaine and money from the suspects while threatening to put them in jail. He was taken down in an FBI sting operation last year."
18 U.S.C. § 1951 (a) ATTEMPTED HOBBS ACT EXTORTION
(1)
21 U.S.C. § 846 ATTEMPT TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE
(2)
Outcome: IMPRISONMENT: 135 months. This term consists of 135 months as to each of counts 1 and 2. All such terms shall run concurrent to each other. SUPERVISED RELEASE: five (5) years. This term consists of 5 years as to each of counts 1 and 2. All such terms shall run concurrent to each other.
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