A judge denied bond for Robin Severance Lopez after her second arrest on charges related to bond issue.After spending Thursday night in the Osceola County Jail, Severance Lopez was transferred to the Lake County Jail on Friday morning. The estranged wife of the suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez will no longer appear before an Osceola County judge on Friday afternoon.Her attorney, Michelle Yard, told WESH 2 that statewide prosecutors have filed a motion to revoke Severance-Lopez’s $400,000 bond from her original arrest in June on a conspiracy to commit racketeering charge.Statewide prosecutors say Robin Lopez testified falsely about her financial status at the hearing in August to remove her GPS ankle monitor, according to her attorney Michelle Yard, who got the probable cause affidavit Friday afternoon.The judged ruled to revoke bond after prosecutors says she violated pretrial release conditions by failing to refrain from criminal activity. Yard said she fully intends to defend Robin Lopez at her trial, which is set to begin on Nov. 10 in Lake County before Judge Brian Welke.What is she accused of?Robin Lopez was arrested in connection with the illegal Central Florida gambling enterprise that her estranged husband is accused of protecting, expanding and profiting between $600,000 and $700,000.Statewide prosecutors say Robin Lopez helped facilitate the movement of illicit money from the $21-million illegal gambling operation.Yard said she still has not received the new probable cause affidavit to rearrest Robin Lopez on a third-degree felony charge of providing false or misleading information, or omitting material information, in connection with an application for bail or a bail modification.”They sent me the charge and said that everything else is sealed, but there’s a Florida rule of criminal procedure that says they have to produce it,” Yard said in an exclusive interview with WESH 2 Thursday night.Osceola County sheriff’s deputies took Robin Lopez into custody just after 3 p.m. Thursday.”She was home with her child, and you know, just a normal afternoon, and we had no idea that deputies would be arriving to her house or that statewide was pursuing any additional charge,” Yard said.While Marcos Lopez’s attorneys have filed a motion to continue his case and he has waived his right to a speedy trial, a Lake County judge has set a trial date for Robin Lopez in November.The suspended sheriff’s attorneys are also asking the court to move his case from Lake County to Osceola County.A hearing on this motion this week was canceled, and the state has fired back with a motion on why it wants the criminal proceedings to continue in Lake County.
A judge denied bond for Robin Severance Lopez after her second arrest on charges related to bond issue.
After spending Thursday night in the Osceola County Jail, Severance Lopez was transferred to the Lake County Jail on Friday morning.
The estranged wife of the suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez will no longer appear before an Osceola County judge on Friday afternoon.
Her attorney, Michelle Yard, told WESH 2 that statewide prosecutors have filed a motion to revoke Severance-Lopez’s $400,000 bond from her original arrest in June on a conspiracy to commit racketeering charge.
Statewide prosecutors say Robin Lopez testified falsely about her financial status at the hearing in August to remove her GPS ankle monitor, according to her attorney Michelle Yard, who got the probable cause affidavit Friday afternoon.
The judged ruled to revoke bond after prosecutors says she violated pretrial release conditions by failing to refrain from criminal activity.
Yard said she fully intends to defend Robin Lopez at her trial, which is set to begin on Nov. 10 in Lake County before Judge Brian Welke.
What is she accused of?
Robin Lopez was arrested in connection with the illegal Central Florida gambling enterprise that her estranged husband is accused of protecting, expanding and profiting between $600,000 and $700,000.
Statewide prosecutors say Robin Lopez helped facilitate the movement of illicit money from the $21-million illegal gambling operation.
Yard said she still has not received the new probable cause affidavit to rearrest Robin Lopez on a third-degree felony charge of providing false or misleading information, or omitting material information, in connection with an application for bail or a bail modification.
“They sent me the charge and said that everything else is sealed, but there’s a Florida rule of criminal procedure that says they have to produce it,” Yard said in an exclusive interview with WESH 2 Thursday night.
Osceola County sheriff’s deputies took Robin Lopez into custody just after 3 p.m. Thursday.
“She was home with her child, and you know, just a normal afternoon, and we had no idea that deputies would be arriving to her house or that statewide was pursuing any additional charge,” Yard said.
While Marcos Lopez’s attorneys have filed a motion to continue his case and he has waived his right to a speedy trial, a Lake County judge has set a trial date for Robin Lopez in November.
The suspended sheriff’s attorneys are also asking the court to move his case from Lake County to Osceola County.
A hearing on this motion this week was canceled, and the state has fired back with a motion on why it wants the criminal proceedings to continue in Lake County.