Fugitive arrested at Miami International Airport sentenced to over 8 years in prison

MIAMI – A 54-year-old Florida fugitive who was arrested last year after his flight from Argentina landed at the Miami International Airport was in federal prison on Saturday where he will remain for over eight years before going on probation as a registered sex offender.

A Columbia County Sheriff’s Office detective acting as an FBI task force officer caught Octavio A. Robledo on 2017 online while investigating a file-sharing network with videos and photos of child sex abuse.

The detective traced an IP address to a computer in Robledo’s apartment in Jacksonville. Two FBI agents knocked on his door on April 18, 2017, interviewed him, and took his desktop computer.

According to the FBI, Robledo admitted to using file-sharing programs to “seek out child sexual abuse material” and “kept these materials locked in a secure program to avoid detection.”

In Robledo’s computer, investigators found 655 photographs and two videos of child sex abuse that had been downloaded from Feb. 19, 2016, to April 16, 2017, and stored in folders and subfolders, records show.

During the investigation, Robledo fled to Argentina where FBI agents believe he remained for over six years. A complaint was filed on April 26, 2017, and a federal judge issued a warrant for his arrest in Jacksonville.

Robledo has been in federal custody since his arrest on July 2 at the airport in Miami-Dade County. Records show the arrest warrant was executed on July 5, the indictment returned on July 19, 2023, and he entered a guilty plea on March 6, 2024.

On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Chief United States District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced Robledo to eight years and four months in federal prison and ordered a 20-year probation as a registered sex offender.

Assistant U.S. Attorney D. Rodney Brown handled the case. The Jacksonville Beach Police Department and U.S. Customs and Border Protection also helped FBI agents in Jacksonville and Miami during the investigation.