Apopka Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Firearms

Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Yessen Vasquez Tolentino (37, Apopka) has pleaded guilty to one count of smuggling goods from the United States. Vasquez Tolentino faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

According to the plea agreement, Vasquez Tolentino arranged for a freight forwarding company to pick up a refrigerator that he knew contained multiple firearms, firearms parts, and rounds of ammunition concealed inside the refrigerator’s main door and freezer door, and to ship the refrigerator to the Dominican Republic. 

The defendant agreed to forfeit the 17 firearms, 33 firearms parts, and over 140 rounds of ammunition that were found inside the refrigerator.