Pennsylvania sex offender wanted by US Marshals on child porn charges, believed to be in Naples
>> IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF FUGITIVE FRIDAY. AND WE ARE ONCE AGAIN JOINED BY TRISH ROUTE FROM CRIME STOPPERS TELLING US ABOUT OUR AREA’S MOST WANTED TRANSIT. GOOD FRIDAY. SO DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HELP CATCH ONE OF THESE AND NOT SO GOOD FOR THESE GUYS. EXACTLY AS THEY DON’T DESERVE STARTING OFF OUR LIST THIS WEEK WITH A GUY WHO’S BEEN PEDDLING POISON NOT ONLY ON THE STREETS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, BUT ALSO TO INMATES WHILE HE WAS BEHIND BARS. NEW WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF BOBBY HIT-MAN WAS ISSUED LAST WEEK AFTER HE VIOLATED HIS PROBATION ON A CHARGE OF THE SALE MANUFACTURE AND DELIVERY OF NARCOTICS. DETECTIVES SAY THE 37 YEAR-OLD WAS ALREADY INCARCERATED ON OTHER CHARGES WHEN A SCHEME TO SELL DRUGS WHILE IN JAIL COMPLETELY UNRAVELED. THANKS TO SOME ONE TIPPING THEM OFF. INVESTIGATORS LEARNED THAT HIT-MAN WAS WORKING WITH A FEMALE ON THE OUTSIDE COULD MAKE DROPS OF METH. XANAX, CIGARETTES AND LIGHTERS HUISMAN WHO WAS GIVEN TRUSTEE PRIVILEGES TO WORK OUTSIDE THE JAIL WOULD THEN PICK UP THE DRUGS AND DISCREET LOCATIONS AND BRING THEM BACK INSIDE. WHEN DETECTIVES FOUND THE DRUGS PITCHMAN AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE CHARGED WITH FACILITATING THE TRANSACTIONS. AFTER 4 MONTHS IN JAIL, HE EVENTUALLY PLED NO CONTEST AND WAS SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS OF STATE PROBATION, WHICH HE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY VIOLATED TO DATE. HIT-MAN HAS 25 LOCAL PRIORS ON 59 CRIMINAL COUNTS OF FRAUD, DRUGS, RESISTING GRAND THEFT AND BURGLARY. HE’S 5.10, 125 POUNDS AND COULD BE USING THE ALIAS OF BODY. DOW OR WAIT PITCHMAN TO AVOID ARREST. NEXT UP IS A REGISTERED OFFENDER FROM PENNSYLVANIA WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE HIDING OUT SOMEWHERE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. US MARSHALS ARE ON THE HUNT FOR JOSEPH MS ONI WANTED ON. 28 COUNTS OF THE POSSESSION AND DISSEMINATION OF CHILD ABUSE MATERIAL AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER CRIMINAL CHARGES. INVESTIGATORS IN CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT ON HIS OWN EARLY MARCH, WHICH TURNED UP A DISTURBING COLLECTION CONTAINING FINAL UP ON FILE OF CHILD. SOME INVOLVING FEMALE TODDLERS AS YOUNG AS 2 YEARS OLD. BUT BY THE TIME THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPLETELY DELVE INTO HIS OWN HIS COMPUTERS AND CELL PHONES. HE HAD ALREADY TAKEN OFF. MARSHALS STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT MS ONI IS NOW STAYING IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. MOST LIKELY THE NAPLES AREA IN HOPES OF AVOIDING ANOTHER RETURN TRIP TO BACK TO JAIL. THIS 46 YEAR-OLD FELON HAS A DISGUSTING HISTORY OF POSSESSING KIDDIE WITH A REST IN 2013, 2015, COUPLED WITH ADDITIONAL CHARGES OF DRUGS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND FAILING TO REGISTER AS A OFFENDER. SO IF YOU’VE SEEN MS ONI ANYWHERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE MARSHALS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING YOU TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS WITH YOUR ANONYMOUS TIP. ALSO ON THE RUN THIS WEEK IS A GUY WHO’S BEEN AN OVERALL MENACE TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR WELL OVER 30 YEARS. THOMAS WATTS MOCK IS A CAREER OFFENDER WHO FINDS HIMSELF BACK IN THE FAMILIAR CROSSHAIRS OF THE LAW. THIS TIME WITH A WARRANT FOR VIOLATING PROBATION ON 4 COUNTS OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. HIS CURRENT LEGAL ISSUE STEMS FROM AN INCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS SAID THEY WERE AWAKENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY SMOCK WHO WAS YELLING, CURSING AND THREATENING PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THEIR FRONT PORCHES. DESPITE THE ROCKETS, NOBODY BOTHERED TO CALL 9-1-1 SINCE THEY WERE USED TO SMOKE LOSING HIS MARBLES AND GOING OFF ON LOUD, BOISTEROUS FRANCE, WHOEVER IN THE LIGHT OF DAY, THE NEXT MORNING, MULTIPLE RESIDENTS FOUND THAT THEIR CARS WERE DAMAGED WITH BROKEN MIRRORS AND WINDOWS. ALL THE HANDS OF THERE ARE RATIONAL NEIGHBOR. SMOKE WAS CUFFED AND CHARGED WITH THE CRIMES AND WAS LATER FOUND GUILTY AND PLACED ON PROBATION WHICH HE VIOLATED LAST WEEK SINCE 1988. SMOCK HAS BEEN BOOKED 13 TIMES ON 73 CRIMINAL CHARGES, INCLUDING BURGLARY, THEFT, ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, CONTEMPT AND GRAND THEFT AUTO TO NAME JUST A FEW. HE’S BEEN SENT TO PRISON 6 TIMES FOR JUST OVER 20 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. SMOKE IS 5, 7, 155 POUNDS WITH A TATTOO OF A KNIFE THROUGH A HEART AND LOVE THY NEIGHBOR ON HIS LEFT ARM AND MANA TRIED INKED ON HIS BACK. AND ROUNDING OUT OUR LAST BIG BAD GUYS IS A FORT MYERS FUGITIVE WHO WAS JUST SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS OF PROBATION LAST MONTH. AND ALREADY HE’S FALLEN OFF THE WAGON. LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDS. YOUR HELP TRACKING DOWN MICHAEL WATSON WHO IS WANTED ON CHARGES STEMMING FROM HIS 3RD ARRESTS FOR PETTY THEFT. THE VICTIM SAID HE LEFT BIKE IN THE FRONT ROOM OF HIS HOUSE WHEN HE RETURNED HOME FROM WORK. AT SOME POINT IN INDIVIDUAL CAME INTO THE HOUSE, TOOK THE BIKE AND LOADED UP INTO THEIR CAR SECURITY CAMERA ON THE HOME LED THE VICTIM TO IDENTIFY THE THIEF IS JOE COSTA, A GUY WHO USED TO BE US TENANT. WELL, AS IT TURNS OUT, JOE CASA WASN’T THE MAN’S REAL NAME, HOWEVER, OF FACIAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM DID ACCURATELY IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AS MICHAEL WATSON, HE MANAGED TO DODGE IS WARRANT FOR A FEW MONTHS UNTIL HIS LUCK RAN OUT. HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING ON BURNT STORE ROAD. THAT’S WHEN LOW AND BEHOLD THE WARRANT SHOWED UP. AND WATSON LANDED UP IN JAIL. HE ENDED UP PLEADING NO CONTEST TO LATE FEBRUARY AND WAS SENTENCED TO PROBATION, WHICH HE VIOLATED LAST WEEK. OVER THE YEARS. WATSON HAS RACKED UP 20 PRIOR ARRESTS AND LEE AND HENDRY COUNTIES FOR GRAND THEFT DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY BATTERY, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DISORDERLY INTOXICATION. AMONG OTHER INFRACTIONS, HE IS 5.10, 150 POUNDS UPON HIS ARREST, HE WILL BE HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE LAKE COUNTY JAIL. AND AS ALWAYS, IF YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE FUGITIVES WE FEATURED HERE TODAY, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL THE CRIME STOPPERS HOTLINE. THAT NUMBER IS 1, 807, 8, 0 TIPS. ALL CALLERS WILL REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CASH REWARD OF UP TO $3,000. NO BETWEEN 4 INDIVIDUALS. THEY HAVE WELL OVER 70 ARRESTS, 70 BETWEEN 4 PEOPLE. SO I MEAN, THEY GIVE REPEAT THE WHOLE MEANING DEFINITION. DEFINITELY KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR THESE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY JOSEPH MS ONI. >> THE OFFENDER FROM PENNSYLVANIA, THE MARSHALL STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT HE’S HERE. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU’RE ON THE RADAR OF THE MARSHALS, NOT A MATTER OF IF. IT’S A MATTER OF 1, LET’S HOPE. LET’S HOPE SOMEON
Pennsylvania sex offender wanted by US Marshals on child porn charges, believed to be in Naples
Updated: 1:18 PM EDT Apr 3, 2026
A registered sex offender from Pennsylvania is wanted by US Marshals for possessing child sexual abuse material, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.Crime Stoppers says that Joseph Mazzoni, 46, had a search warrant served at his home in Pennsylvania. Investigators say they found a collection of child pornography, but that Mazzoni had escaped before he could be arrested.US Marshals believe that Mazzoni is staying in Southwest Florida, likely in the Naples area. He has two previous arrest on child porn charges, one in 2013 and another in 2015.If you have information in this case, you are asked to contact Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477), on the P3 app, or on its website. You can remain anonymous, and if your tip leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000.DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.
A registered sex offender from Pennsylvania is wanted by US Marshals for possessing child sexual abuse material, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers.
Crime Stoppers says that Joseph Mazzoni, 46, had a search warrant served at his home in Pennsylvania. Investigators say they found a collection of child pornography, but that Mazzoni had escaped before he could be arrested.
US Marshals believe that Mazzoni is staying in Southwest Florida, likely in the Naples area. He has two previous arrest on child porn charges, one in 2013 and another in 2015.
If you have information in this case, you are asked to contact Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS (8477), on the P3 app, or on its website. You can remain anonymous, and if your tip leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $3,000.
DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.