By Tiffany Williams –
A Florida ministry founder faces federal charges accusing him of sexually abusing children in Haiti, while separate cases have brought prison sentences for a Mexican cartel figure, an Iowa man who received child sexual abuse material and a defendant caught with fentanyl, cocaine and a loaded pistol in New Orleans.
The cases involve different conduct and different stages of prosecution. Thomas Osbeck remains in custody following his arrest on charges involving minors in Haiti. Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, Kristopher Jacob Stoker and Derrick Serignet have been sentenced.
Ministry Founder Charged With Abuse in Haiti
A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida indicted Thomas Osbeck, 70, of Fort Myers, on charges of engaging in and attempting to engage in illicit sexual conduct with minors in Haiti.
According to court documents, authorities allege that Osbeck routinely traveled from the United States to Haiti over three decades and sexually abused minors there.
Osbeck founded Jesus in Haiti Ministries and later Ignite Your Faith Ministries. Through those organizations, he took in vulnerable children from across Haiti, according to the case account.
The indictment centers on allegations involving two Haitian boys.
One set of allegations concerns sexual abuse between approximately 2004 and 2008, when the child was about 8 to 12 years old. The other concerns an alleged attempt to engage in a commercial sex act with another boy around 2019–2020.
Haitian authorities took Osbeck into custody at the end of September 2026 following an investigation. He returned to the United States on Oct. 14 and was arrested by U.S. law enforcement after landing at Miami International Airport.
He has remained in custody since that arrest.
The allegations place Osbeck’s work with vulnerable children at the center of the case. Authorities describe repeated travel and access through the ministries, while the indictment’s charges concern the two specific periods of alleged conduct.
Iowa Man Sentenced to 15 Years
Kristopher Jacob Stoker, 24, of Long Grove, Iowa, was sentenced Nov. 12 to 15 years in federal prison for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material.
According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received CyberTips concerning an account that had received files containing the material.
Investigators determined that the account was associated with Stoker.
Law enforcement searched his Long Grove residence and seized electronic devices. A forensic examination showed that he had used the devices to receive, view and possess images and videos containing child sexual abuse material.
Stoker must serve seven years of supervised release after completing his prison sentence.
The court also ordered him to pay $37,000 in restitution and a $1,000 assessment under the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act.
Cartel Figure Receives 270-Month Sentence
Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, 67, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced to 270 months — 22½ years — in prison for international drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
He pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine and at least 500 grams of methamphetamine for importation into the United States, as well as using, carrying and possessing a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking conspiracy.
According to court documents, Oseguera Cervantes distributed cocaine and methamphetamine and supplied chemicals to methamphetamine laboratories, working first with the Milenio Cartel and later with the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, known as CJNG.
His involvement with the Milenio Cartel began around 2002, shortly after he served a federal prison sentence for conspiring to distribute heroin in the United States and was deported to Mexico.
As a Milenio leader, he oversaw drug sales, protected cartel territory from rivals and supervised and maintained methamphetamine laboratories.
After the cartel’s top leader was arrested in 2010, its military faction separated to form CJNG. Oseguera Cervantes’s brother, Nemesio, known as “Mencho,” co-founded CJNG and led it until he was killed in a Mexican military operation in February 2026, according to the case account.
Antonio Oseguera Cervantes reported directly to his brother and worked with Los Cuinis, a CJNG-aligned cartel.
His responsibilities also included collecting and laundering drug proceeds. Court documents describe him carrying a pistol while collecting money and attending meetings about drug trafficking.
“For more than two decades, Antonio Oseguera Cervantes helped fuel one of the world’s most dangerous drug trafficking organizations, flooding America’s communities with deadly drugs while enriching himself and his associates,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
“Oseguera Cervantes’ sentence sends a clear message to criminals around the world that the Department of Justice is committed to the total elimination of drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations, including the CJNG.”
DEA Administrator Terry Cole emphasized Oseguera Cervantes’s own role in the organization.
“The sentencing of Oseguera Cervantes demonstrates that no cartel leader is beyond the reach of American justice,” Cole said.
“Oseguera Cervantes was far more than El Mencho’s brother. He played a significant role in building CJNG into one of the most violent foreign terrorist organizations in the world, trafficking massive quantities of dangerous drugs that have devastated American families and communities. Together, DEA and the Homeland Security Task Force will stop at nothing to hold those who lead, finance and enable these cartels accountable.”
Loaded Pistol and Drug Baggies Lead to Prison
Derrick Serignet, 44, was sentenced Nov. 5 to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and cocaine and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
U.S. District Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown also imposed three years of supervised release and a $200 mandatory special assessment.
According to court documents, the FBI began surveilling Serignet after receiving information that he was selling narcotics in New Orleans’ Central City area.
FBI agents and New Orleans police officers stopped him in traffic on Feb. 4.
Serignet had a loaded Glock Model 43x 9 mm pistol in one pocket. In another, he carried more than 50 baggies of fentanyl and 50 baggies of cocaine that he intended to distribute.
A prior felony conviction for attempted armed robbery prohibited him from possessing a firearm.
The FBI and New Orleans Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Berman of the Violent Crime Unit handled the prosecution.