Overview
- U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell imposed consecutive life terms on December 16, 2025, following Lang’s September jury convictions in federal court in Fort Myers.
- Prosecutors secured verdicts on robbery and firearm counts resulting in death, conspiracy to kill persons in a foreign country, and a Neutrality Act violation, with $10,886 in restitution ordered.
- The victims, identified in prior reports as Serafin “Danny” Lorenzo Jr. and Deana Lorenzo, were lured to an Armslist meeting in Estero on April 10, 2018, and were ambushed for the $3,000 they brought to buy firearms.
- Evidence showed Lang carried out the robbery to finance travel to Venezuela to fight, after having previously fought in Ukraine.
- The FBI and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation, the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs facilitated Lang’s 2024 extradition from Ukraine, and co-defendant Alex Jared Zwiefelhofer is already serving consecutive life terms.