Former Florida Adjuster Sentenced to Five Years in Robbing of Tampa Drug Dealers

A former Florida claims adjuster has been sentenced to five years in prison and three years of probation for her role in a scheme to rob alleged drug dealers in the Tampa area.

Jasmine Weber, 28, of Tampa, a former adjuster for State Farm and Berkshire Hathaway Group, pleaded guilty in January to working with several conspirators who posed as law enforcement officers and robbed, beat and shot victims, from late 2020 to April 2021. While working as an adjuster, Weber used her Lexus Nexus account to research potential victims’ records and home addresses, prosecutors said.

She also purchased equipment for the team, including sheriff’s vests, law enforcement patches, and blue-light bars for vehicles used in the crimes, according to court documents and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

Weber was convicted under the federal Hobbs Act, a 1946 law that penalizes robbery that affects interstate commerce.

The case began in February 2021, when sheriff’s deputies responded to two home-invasion robberies, one in Lakeland and one in Plant City at a suspected marijuana grow house, according to an arrest document filed in federal court. The robbers took cell phones, jewelry, cash and narcotics.

The FBI started investigating other home invasions, burglaries, and assaults in early 2021, and identified several other men as possible suspects, One factor that helped identify the suspects was a white backpack that Hudson often wore at the robberies, FBI agents said.

At least three of the men arrested in the investigation have entered plea agreements.

In addition to prison time, Weber must participate in a substance abuse program and a mental health treatment program, and must pay a $100 special assessment, according to the Dec. 8 sentencing order. The court waived further fines, which could have amounted to $250,000.

The Florida Department of Financial Services’ licensee search page shows that Weber, of Tampa and Lakeland, was appointed with Berkshire Hathaway from 2013 to 2017; with State Farm from 2015 to 2018; and with United Services Automobile Group Association as recently as February 2022. She was an all-lines adjuster.