A Jacksonville driver who stopped near an immigration operation to record and shout at a trooper will spend 15 months in federal prison after a confrontation that injured law enforcement officers.
Jennifer Susan Cruz, 41, received the sentence on October 14 from Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced. The encounter occurred on January 13, 2026.
She had pleaded guilty in June to assaulting officers conducting an immigration operation. Florida Highway Patrol troopers were assisting federal immigration officers in Jacksonville that day…