Co-conspirator

Anthony Ortiz

Deceased Latin King and Rivera associate whose uninvestigated July 19 phone activity and Rivera's mid-trial phone-handoff claim became a recurring defense investigative-gap argument across all three trials.

Mentioned Magbanua Retrial Charlie Adelson Donna Adelson

15 mentions · 3 trials

About

Ortiz is a documented node in the July 19 communications network whose uninvestigated status, Rivera's claimed phone handoff to him, and his appearance in Magbanua's contacts were raised as a defense theme across all three trials; his presence in the archive record supports analysis of the morning call sequence, the scope of the pre-trial investigation, and the evolution of Rivera's cooperation account.

Across Trials

Ortiz's most substantive trial presence was in Trial 1, where his uninvestigated status was developed across six selected proceedings — with testimony establishing the absence of CDRs, the lack of subscriber inquiries, and the first sworn acknowledgment by law enforcement that the phone-handoff theory existed, alongside Rivera's own mid-trial disclosure of the handoff account. In Trials 2 and 3 he appeared in a single proceeding each, treated as an established network contact whose role in the July 19 call sequence was referenced in the course of phone-record testimony rather than litigated as a contested issue. The cross-trial arc moves from active investigative-gap argument with multiple witnesses in Trial 1 to background corroboration of call-network structure in Trials 2 and 3, with no new facts about Ortiz introduced in the later trials.

Trial Record (15)

KM Magbanua Retrial May 18, 2022 – May 27, 2022

Trial Summary

Anthony Ortiz (King Anthony, Hebaro), a deceased Latin King member and Rivera associate, appeared across multiple trial proceedings as an uninvestigated presence on the morning of July 19, 2014 — the alleged payment day — with defense counsel using his unexamined phone activity and Rivera's claimed phone handoff to him as a recurring investigative gap argument against law enforcement witnesses.

Mentioned (13)

Cross

Craig Isom - Cross

Day 1 Cross

Luis Rivera - Cross (Part 1) Latin King Rivera claims he gave his primary phone to on the morning of July 19, 2014, to go pick up Garcia — offered to explain the phone's Normandy Isle location. Died in 2017 and cannot corroborate the account.

Day 2 Cross

Luis Rivera - Cross (Part 2) Latin King Rivera claimed made a third Tallahassee trip with Garcia that Rivera did not participate in — an explanation appearing for the first time during this examination

Day 3 Redirect

Luis Rivera - Redirect Latin King; Rivera's explanation for his March 2019 deposition passage — he speculated King Anthony accompanied Garcia on a separate reconnaissance, accounting for the short person seen behind Markel's house.

Day 3 Direct

Christopher Corbitt - Direct (Continued)

Day 3 Procedural

OJP — Proffer on 'Tato' iCloud Contact / Richardson Hearing Argument

Day 3 Cross

Christopher Corbitt - Cross Rivera associate; had own handset July 19 morning; never interviewed, no CDRs obtained, no subscriber info; recent claim he may have held Rivera's phone on July 19 — never in prior sworn testimony

Day 4 Redirect

Christopher Corbitt - Redirect Number in Magbanua's contacts as Jessica Flaca; participated in July 19 call flurry between Magbanua, Garcia, and Rivera

Day 4 Direct

Jessica Rodriguez - Direct

Day 5 Cross

Patrick Sanford - Cross Latin King member and Rivera associate who died July 9, 2017; Rivera never named him as involved in any cooperation session; defense argues he was an uninvestigated potential conduit

Day 6 Redirect

Patrick Sanford - Redirect

Day 6 Direct

Craig Isom - Direct (Recalled by Defense)

Day 7 Direct

Jason Newlin - Direct Mentioned by Rivera at some point during cooperation; Newlin recalled the name but could not place when Rivera first raised it

Day 7

CA Charlie Adelson Oct 26, 2023 – Nov 6, 2023

Trial Summary

Ortiz appeared in testimony as a documented associate of hitmen Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera whose phone number Katherine Magbanua called on July 19 when she could not reach Garcia directly.

Mentioned (1)

Direct

Christopher Corbitt - Direct

Day 3

DA Donna Adelson Aug 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025

Trial Summary

Named in phone-records testimony as a contact who relayed calls between Katherine Magbanua and Sigfredo Garcia on the morning in question.

Mentioned (1)

Direct

Christopher Corbitt - Direct (Continued)

Day 4