Whatever happened to . . . ? #18

Orange County Cases

Jeovanni Bonanno
2009-CF-014612-A-O
Aggravated Assault w/Intent to Commit Felony; Armed Burglary; Grand Theft
Defendant allegedly threatened to kill a pregnant neighbor & her 6-yr old son.
Case was nolle prossed (dismissed)

Brucell James Brumfield
2010-MM-005618-A-O
Exposure of Sexual Organs; Indecent Exposure
Defendant allegedly exposed himself to children at the Boca Club Apartments & asked one child to come over to him.
Defendant pled no contest to Exposure of Sexual Organs and was adjudicated guilty. Sentenced to 30 days in jail + 11 months probation and is required to complete a psych evaluation and any recommended treatment.

Dennis Joel Rivera
2008-CF-016850-A-O (offense date 11/6/08)
Aggravated Child Abuse; Attempt Cause Bodily Injury During Felony
Pled no contest to count 1 and sentenced to 10 years Department of Corrections + 2 years probation; Batterer's Intervention Class

2008-CF-016883-A-O (offense dates 10/1/08, 10/3/09 & 10/19/08)
False Imprisonment; Battery (3 counts)
Case nolle prossed as part of global plea (see above)

2008-CF-017574-A-O (offense date 11/19/08)
Attempted Felony Murder reduced to Causing Bodily Injury During Felony
Victim was defendant's girlfriend's 18-month old son
Case nolle prossed as part of global plea (see above)

Nedal Ismail Awad
2009-CF-004071-A-O
Solicitation of Minor via Computer; Protection of Minors/Obscenity; Poss of material depicting child in sexual peformance (2cts); Aggravated Child Neglect
Defendant allegedly gave cell phone to 11-yr old daughter of family friend & then sent her sexual text messages.
Defendant was found guilty by jury of count 1, acquitted of count 2, pled no contest to Count 3 and no action was taken on counts 4 & 5.
Judge LeBlanc sentenced defendant to 1 year 1 day in Department of Corrections with credit 33 days time served + 3 years probation.
There's no indication that defendant's probation requires him to register as a sexual offender. Awad has previous arrests in Orange County (2007-2009) for Aggravated Assault, Battery, Follow/Harass/Cyberstalk, Incest (2 counts), and Sexual Battery.