MIAMI – Jordy Hechavarria Morales was 21 when he made headlines in South Florida over a gas station skimmer fraud conspiracy. About eight years later, police officers are accusing him of drug dealing.
In 2015, police officers stopped a car in Palm Beach County’s village of Tequesta. According to court records, Hechavarria was inside with three others when officers searched and reported finding over 140 credit cards.
Recommended Videos
Hechavarria pled guilty to conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, possessing fifteen or more counterfeit credit cards, using counterfeit credit cards, and using counterfeit credit cards to obtain goods valued at $1,000 or more.
Hechavarria, who lived in Miami-Dade County then, was also convicted of aggravated identity theft. Judge Kenneth A. Marra sentenced him to 40 months in prison and two years of supervised release.
The Tequesta Police Department, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida were involved in the case.
On Sunday, Hechavarria, now a 30-year-old convicted felon, faced six new charges in Miami-Dade.
Police officers accused him of carrying about 24 grams of cocaine, about 20 grams of meth, about four grams of synthetic 2C-B, two pills of MDMA, and about $20 grams of marijuana.
When Hechavarria appeared in front of a Miami-Dade County bond court judge Saturday, he required a Spanish-English interpreter and the judge assigned him a public defender.
The prosecutor suggested a standard bond, so the judge set it at $23,500 and corrections released him.
The bond included $5,000 each for the four charges of cocaine possession with intent to sell, and the three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. The bond for the charge of MDMA possession was $2,500 and for marijuana possession was $1,000.