Suspect arrested for shooting at bar patrons
Johnny Gonzalez, 36, of 5044 Downing St., Orlando, was arrested Sept. 30 for shooting at patrons in a Kissimmee-area bar. At approximately 12:16 a.m. on Sept. 30, Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Castaway Bar in the Carefree Inn, 4900 W. U.S. Highway 192. Upon arrival, deputies spoke with witnesses who said a male had been punched in the face by another male in the bar. Deputies observed some blood on the floor where witnesses said the incident occurred.
Witnesses said that several minutes later a male, later identified as Gonzalez, entered the bar and fired a shot at a glass door, nearly missing a female sitting nearby. After firing the shot, Gonzalez was reported to have walked into the lobby, re-entered the bar and “high-fived” another man before leaving, Sheriff’s Office reports said.
Using video surveillance at the motel, Gonzalez was located in his room at the nearby Super 8 Motel, at 4880 W. U.S. Highway 192. He was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and discharging a firearm in public and was booked into the Osceola County Jail.
Deputies arrest nine in prostitution operation
Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies with the Tourist Policing Unit and Community Response Team West on Sept. 29 conducted an undercover prostitution operation after deputies received complaints of illegal activity at the Palm Motel, 4519 W. U.S. Highway 192 and the Super 8 Motel at 4880 W. U.S. Highway 192.
The operation resulted in the arrest of nine suspects charged with solicitation of prostitution and booked into the Osceola County Jail.
Those charged were: William Cork Jr., 33, of 510 Rob Roy Drive, Clermont; Donald Bonneau, 38, of 13813 Mission Oaks Blvd., Seminole; Christopher Brennan, 34, of 5069 Dominica Drive, Kissimmee; Eduardo Carcache, 18, of 2485 Deer Creek Blvd., St. Cloud; Michael Marshall, 40, of 2644 Collins Ave., Lakeland; Marcos Orozco, 35, of 1010 Valencia Town Terrace, Orlando; Benjamin Cruz, 31, of 202 Meadow Vue Lane, Auburndale; Phillip Fitzpatrick, 55, of 1218 Boreas Drive, Orlando; and Robert Faulkner, 43, of 1046 First Place, Longwood.

Agents uncover pot growing operation
Osceola County Investigative Bureau and Polk County drug agents located six grow houses Sept. 29 in Osceola and Polk counties.
Law enforcement authorities said the operation began in June, when Osceola County agents followed up on information from a grow house discovered in May. The information led to a residence in Kissimmee.
Osceola County agents served three search warrants in Kissimmee – at 2413 Lemberton Drive, at 2583 Jasmine Trace Drive and at 3179 Rosemarie Drive. Polk County agents served three search warrants in Davenport – at 109 Meadow Green Drive, 186 Timberpark Drive and 258 Richmond Drive.
According to authorities, two of the houses in Kissimmee were active cannabis grows and all three in Polk County were active. Between the two counties, 157 plants were recovered that ranged from two to seven feet tall.
Osceola County agents arrested Saul Mesa, 45, in Kissimmee. Arrested in Polk County were: Armando Dominguez Sanchez, 38; Jose Marante, 45; Lazaro Piloto Gomez, 45; and Dayami Lopez, 44. All five suspects were charged with cultivation of cannabis and theft of utilities.
The Osceola County Investigative Bureau is a multi-agency task force comprised of Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies, St. Cloud Police Department officers and Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents who investigate vice, narcotics and organized crime. This is the 10th grow house operation OCIB has investigated this year.

Reward increased to $20,000 in possible road rage incident
The Crimeline reward for information leading to an arrest in a possible Sept. 5 road rage incident that allegedly caused the death of a Lake Wales man has been increased to $20,000.
At about 12:36 a.m., Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 7-Eleven, 1600 Pleasant Hill Road, in reference to a shooting. When units arrived, they spoke with witnesses, who said a burgundy Chevrolet pickup truck pulled into the parking lot and the driver, later identified as Joshua Levi Burch, 20, of Lake Wales, had appeared to have been shot. Burch was transported to Osceola Regional Medical Center where he later died.
Detectives are looking for a black or Hispanic male driving a newer model, black, SUV, possibly a Nissan, that was northbound on Pleasant Hill Road a mile from U.S. Highway 17-92.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office at 407-348-2222 or Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477). Calls made to Crimeline remain anonymous.

Arrested for violation of probation
On Monday, Osceola County Sheriff’s Office detectives with the Sex Offender Unit arrested Lawrence Boker, 27, a registered sex offender and registered felon, and charged him with violation of probation.
Boker, of 2001 Setter Ave. in St. Cloud, is on seven years’ supervised sex offender state probation for a previous charge of lewd and lascivious battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 15, and was required to wear a GPS ankle monitor. On Oct. 1, the state probation office notified detectives that Boker might have removed the ankle monitor. The monitor was later located in Orange County.
Detectives located Boker at 4921 Jones Road in St. Cloud. He was arrested and booked into the Osceola County Jail without bond.
Correction
Adam Teltchik, 33, of Poinciana, who was arrested Sept. 28 on three counts of child neglect, is not a “registered felon” nor is he a convicted felon. The brief published about his arrest in the Osceola News-Gazette Oct. 2 was based on information provided by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.