OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The number 13 and a Craiglist ad proved unlucky for an Ocala woman, as Maria Guadalupe Bautista, 26, was charged with 13 counts of Fraudulent Use of Information, a second-degree felony.
Bautista was convicted July 30, 2025, after she was found guilty by a jury trial, according to the State Attorrney’s Office Fifth Judicial Circuit. Bautista could face up to 210 years in prison. Her sentencing will be done at a later time, with a minimum mandatory three-year prison sentence.
She had originally been arrested in August 2023, but her nefarious activities first became apparent in 2021, when the Office of Wesley Wilcox, Supervisor of Elections for Marion County contacted the Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office regarding a complaint of widespread fraud…