CHAPTER 10 · COMPANION
Every name on the federal docket of United States v. Francesco Giovanni Longo
MDFL Tampa · Case 8:05-cr-00263-EAK-MSS
“List my entire docket so people can read it.
Who these other people are in my docket, I don't know who they were.”
Sourced verbatim from text-extracted MDFL docket filings. Count = number of times that person's name appears across the docket text. Higher count = deeper involvement.
| Name | Role | Docket hits | Where they appear |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich | Presiding Judge | 48 | Senior US District Judge MDFL, presided over Francesco's case and sentencing; same judge as Abreu's 5K1.1 cooperation case 8:02-cr-422 |
| Judge James S. Whittemore | US District Judge | — | Named in scheduling references in the docket; MDFL Tampa Division |
| Judge William Terrell Hodges | Senior US District Judge | — | Named in MDFL filings; senior judge with seniority over case-assignment practices in the era of Francesco's prosecution |
| Judge Mary S. Scriven | US District Judge | — | Named in MDFL filings related to Francesco's case docket |
| Magistrate Judge (case caption MSS) | US Magistrate Judge | — | The 'MSS' in the case number 8:05-cr-00263-EAK-MSS identifies the magistrate judge assigned at filing — likely Magistrate Judge Mark A. Pizzo (MDFL Tampa) |
| Paul I. Perez | United States Attorney | 2 | US Attorney for the Middle District of Florida 2002–2007 — the official whose office signed Francesco's indictment and prosecution filings |
| AUSA James C. Preston Jr. | Assistant US Attorney | 57 | Prosecutor of record on USA v. Longo. Tampa office, 400 N. Tampa St Suite 3200, (813) 274-6000 |
| AUSA Donald Hansen | Assistant US Attorney | — | MDFL Tampa AUSA, named in docket filings related to Francesco's case |
| AUSA Kathy Peluso | Assistant US Attorney | — | MDFL Tampa AUSA, named in docket filings related to Francesco's case |
| AUSA Patricia Kerwin | Assistant US Attorney | — | MDFL Tampa AUSA, named in docket filings related to Francesco's case |
| AUSA Ralph Hopkins | Assistant US Attorney | — | MDFL Tampa AUSA, named in docket filings related to Francesco's case |
| Lystra Blake | Associate Director, DOJ OIA | — | Signed the official US Request for Provisional Arrest transmitted to Canada in Nov 2005 |
| Belsy Burke | DOJ attorney | — | Named on the US provisional arrest request packet, Nov 2005 |
| Andrew Gentin | DOJ attorney | — | Named on the US provisional arrest request packet, Nov 2005 |
| Mary McLaren | DOJ attorney | — | Named on the US provisional arrest request packet, Nov 2005 |
| Jeffrey Olson | DOJ attorney | — | Named on the US provisional arrest request packet, Nov 2005 |
| Mark J. O'Brien | Defense Counsel | 6 | Tampa defense attorney retained by Francesco's family for pre-trial, trial, and sentencing. Signature appears as /s/ Mark J. O'Brien on multiple motions. Later asked to be appointed for appeal under Criminal Justice Act |
| Attorney Joseph Bodiford | Counsel of record (co-related) | — | Tampa attorney named in the docket; affiliation with Francesco's matter or a related case to be confirmed |
| Attorney Zach Battiston | Counsel of record (co-related) | — | Tampa attorney named in the docket; affiliation with Francesco's matter or a related case to be confirmed |
| Federal Public Defender (MDFL) | Standby counsel | — | The MDFL Federal Public Defender's Office was contacted as counsel for the Defendant in a procedural context — exact attorney name to be confirmed from docket exhibits |
| Kenneth Miller | Court-appointed Canadian counsel | — | Court-appointed lawyer who signed Francesco's April 27, 2006 Consent to Surrender in Windsor. Miller later told Francesco he has no recollection of him or the case |
| Clerk Sheryl L. Loesch | Clerk of the Court | 8 | Clerk, US District Court Middle District of Florida; signed the AO-442 arrest warrant under 8:05-CR-263-T-17MSS on June 21, 2005 |
| Special Agent Glenn Dutton | DEA Special Agent | 56 | DEA Tampa Field Division Special Agent who orchestrated the case build, mugshot pattern, and the Womack/Abreu cooperation chain. Documented throughout the docket as the agent of record |
| William B. Lintz | DEA Tampa → NAVWAR EMSW | 16 | Former DEA Tampa, now Technical Warrant Holder for Electromagnetic Spectrum Warfare at NAVWAR (since ~2023-03). The career trajectory connects DEA Tampa to military-grade surveillance command |
| Erdon Ivan Abreu | 5K1.1 Cooperator | 36 | USSG § 5K1.1 cooperator. MDFL case 8:02-cr-00422, same judge (Kovachevich) as Francesco. Signed cooperation agreement against Francesco. Mentioned 36 times in Francesco's own docket — yet Francesco says “I have no idea who this Abreu guy is.” |
| Billy Lee Womack | Cooperator / Co-defendant | 24 | Arrested May 11, 2004; turned informant. Lakeland MDMA lab principal. Central to the conspiracy charge against Francesco. Never produced in any Canadian court |
| Alexander Barranco | Witness | 3 | Arrested October 16, 2003 — before the alleged conspiracy window begins. The temporal impossibility on Barranco's account undermines the entire charge structure |
| Robin Lewis | Witness | — | Allegedly helped “smash glassware” at the Lakeland residence. Never produced in any Canadian court |
| Det Cst Richard MacCheyne | Toronto Police Service Fugitive Squad | — | Sworn affiant on the November 30, 2005 Application for Provisional Warrant of Arrest. Affidavit names Bellaire as the originating tipster |
| Officer Jason Bellaire | Windsor PS ROPE Squad | — | Originating tipster named in the sworn MacCheyne affidavit. Called the Toronto Fugitive Squad and a DEA official on November 29, 2005 — the same day Francesco voluntarily walked into Windsor PS |
| Faiyaz Amir Alibhai | DOJ Canada IAG Counsel | — | Signed the Form 1 Section 12 Authority to apply for a provisional arrest warrant, Ottawa, November 29, 2005 at 19:30 EST. The signature at the centre of the procedural-impossibility argument |
| David Littlefield | DOJ Canada Federal Prosecution Service | — | Signed the Notice of Application for Provisional Warrant, Toronto, November 30, 2005 |
| Thomas Beveridge | DOJ Canada IAG Senior Counsel | — | Service-of-process recipient for the Report of the Judge transmission to the Minister, 284 Wellington Street, Ottawa |
| Justice Edward W. Ducharme | Ontario Superior Court of Justice | — | Presided over the Windsor consent committal hearing April 27, 2006. Signed the Order of Committal and Report of the Judge. Wrote in the Report: “there is no evidence for me to transmit.” |
| The Hon. Vic Toews | Minister of Justice (Canada) | — | Federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada at the time of the consent committal (February 2006 – January 2007). Named recipient of the Report of the Judge |
Francesco's own MDFL Tampa federal docket text contains the name Erdon Ivan Abreu 36 times.
Yet Francesco can say truthfully, today, on the record:
“I have no idea who this Abreu guy is.”
His own docket names Glenn Dutton 56 times, James C. Preston Jr. 57 times, Kovachevich 48 times, and Billy Womack 24 times.
That gap — between the names that built the case and the names Francesco never heard — is the proof of how this prosecution actually worked.
Twenty-one years on, the docket is finally in his hands. The names are finally on the page. The cast is finally readable.