{"id":18213,"date":"2015-12-11T17:42:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T01:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213"},"modified":"2015-12-11T21:49:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T05:49:02","slug":"former-deputy-assaulted-and-robbed-victim-of-cash-and-cellphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213","title":{"rendered":"Former Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell<\/strong> on Wednesday sentenced Michael J. Ronga<\/strong>, 44, Cape Coral to six years in federal prison for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice, according to officials.<\/p>\n

A federal jury convicted Ronga on Sept. 1.
\n<\/object><\/p>\n
\"Michael<\/a>
Former Deputy Michael Ronga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Office<\/a>According to evidence presented during the six-day trial, on May 5, 2013, Ronga, a deputy with the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/strong>, provided a courtesy transport to victim Rodolfo Lopez Castaneda, and Ronga subsequently assaulted R.L.C., causing bodily injury.<\/p>\n

He also robbed the victim of his cash and cellphone. \u00a0Castaneda reported the assault and robbery to the \u00a0Sheriff’s Office, and an investigation ensued. During the course of the investigation, Ronga lied to law enforcement about his interaction with the victim.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Wednesday sentenced Michael J. Ronga, 44, Cape Coral to six years in federal prison for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3],"tags":[2008,1619],"class_list":["post-18213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-main-slider","category-u-s-department-of-justice","tag-lee-county-sheriffs-office","tag-sheriffs-deputy"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Wednesday sentenced Michael J. Ronga, 44, Cape Coral to six years in federal prison for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Wednesday sentenced Michael J. Ronga, 44, Cape Coral to six years in federal prison for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Justice Notebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-12T01:42:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-12T05:49:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michael-Ronga.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"304\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raul\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\"},\"headline\":\"Former Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-12T01:42:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-12T05:49:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Michael-Ronga.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lee County Sheriff's Office\",\"Sheriff's Deputy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Home Main Slider\",\"U.S. Department of Justice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213\",\"name\":\"Former Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Michael-Ronga.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-12T01:42:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-12T05:49:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Wednesday sentenced Michael J. Ronga, 44, Cape Coral to six years in federal prison for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=18213#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Michael-Ronga.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/Michael-Ronga.jpg\",\"width\":540,\"height\":304},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"description\":\""Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." \u2014 Thomas Jefferson\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"width\":675,\"height\":231,\"caption\":\"American Justice Notebook\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\",\"name\":\"Raul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Raul\"},\"description\":\"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone","description":"U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Wednesday sentenced Michael J. Ronga, 44, Cape Coral to six years in federal prison for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone","og_description":"U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Wednesday sentenced Michael J. Ronga, 44, Cape Coral to six years in federal prison for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice.","og_url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213","og_site_name":"American Justice Notebook","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook","article_published_time":"2015-12-12T01:42:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-12-12T05:49:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":540,"height":304,"url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michael-Ronga.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Raul","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Raul","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213"},"author":{"name":"Raul","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0"},"headline":"Former Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone","datePublished":"2015-12-12T01:42:23+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-12T05:49:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213"},"wordCount":150,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michael-Ronga.jpg","keywords":["Lee County Sheriff's Office","Sheriff's Deputy"],"articleSection":["Home Main Slider","U.S. Department of Justice"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213","name":"Former Deputy Assaulted and Robbed Victim of Cash and Cellphone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michael-Ronga.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-12T01:42:23+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-12T05:49:02+00:00","description":"U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Wednesday sentenced Michael J. Ronga, 44, Cape Coral to six years in federal prison for deprivation of civil rights under color of law and obstruction of justice.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=18213#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michael-Ronga.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Michael-Ronga.jpg","width":540,"height":304},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","name":"American Justice Notebook","description":""Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." \u2014 Thomas Jefferson","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization","name":"American Justice Notebook","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","width":675,"height":231,"caption":"American Justice Notebook"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0","name":"Raul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","caption":"Raul"},"description":"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.","sameAs":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18213"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18222,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18213\/revisions\/18222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}