Last Miske Defendant Gets 30 Years As Huge Organized Crime Case Ends

Last Miske Defendant Gets 30 Years As Huge Organized Crime Case Ends

Judge: “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say he terrorized this city and this county to a greater extent than anyone I can remember.”

The 'Hammah' and his attorney get hammered as the Miske Enterprise case winds down

The hearing for the sentencing of Lance Bermudez, the last of about 18 co-defendants and associates of the late Michael J. Miske, Jr., was held on Monday morning, July 14, 2025, in the federal courtroom of Chief Judge Derrick Watson. It was five years, almost to the day, since a grand jury indictment was unsealed and Miske was arrested in a pre-dawn raid on July 15, 2020, and co-defendants tracked down. With strong words for the defendant and hi…