As reported nearly everywhere else over the past couple of days, the saga of Jeremey Charles DeWitte and his run in with federal tax evasion charges came to a quiet end this week as he was sentenced to 41 months in jail for two charges that will run consecutively to each other and consecutively to the current time he’s serving in Florida State prison.
DeWitte was sentenced to 36 months for underreporting his gross receipts on his taxes for the year 2017 and 5 months for the same charges for the year 2018.
DeWitte reported income of $11,000.00 on Metro State’s taxes in 2016 when its actual income was $145,000.00, reported income of $19,000.00 in 2017 when its actual income was $174,000.00 and reported $17,000.00 of income in 2018 when its actual income was $205,000.00.
The government found that DeWitte received a tax refund of $129.00 in 2016, when he owed $39,280.00, a tax refund of $1,556 in 2017, when he owed $35,889.00, and received no refund in 2018 when he owed $32,016 in taxes.
DeWitte then lied to Internal Revenue Service agents investigating his 2017 return, stating that he had two clients when he had 40 clients, that he incurred a net loss in 2017 when he had a net profit of $117,000.00, and that he only employed two independent contractors that year when he, in fact, employed over 25 people.
The government originally asked for 51 total months in his sentencing as part of a plea deal DeWitte agreed to last year. They got 41 total months instead, and the police enthusiast will serve his current sentence in Florida State prison before being transferred to serve another 3.4 years in federal prison.
After that, he’ll serve a year of supervised release for each of the two federal charges, running concurrently. While the government had requested restitution, it looks like none was ordered as fines are listed as waived in the court records.
DeWitte’s past came into play with his sentencing, he’s a convicted sex offender and is still facing multiple charges for violation of Florida’s sex offender registration policies.
IMPRISONMENT: 41 months. This term consists of a 36-month term as to Count One and a 5 month term as to Count Two to run consecutively to Count One. The terms of imprisonment imposed by this judgment shall run consecutively with the defendant’s term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to the judgment in Osceola County Circuit Court, Docket Number 2022-CF-003688; SUPERVISED RELEASE: 1 year. This term consists of a 1 year term as to Count One and a 1 year term as to Count Two, all such terms to run concurrently; FINE: Waived; SPECIAL ASSESSMENT: $200.00 due immediately ($100.00 per count).
