BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – A repeat offender faces life in prison without parole for barging into a Cocoa hotel room with a handgun, threatening three women and their children, and stealing their belongings and a car in 2021.
A Brevard County jury convicted Makell Goldsmith, 25, of armed burglary with a firearm and multiple counts of robbery and false imprisonment based on evidence and testimony presented July 17 by prosecutors Tiffany Colon and Mike Doyle.
The prosecutors also successfully made the case to the jury that Goldsmith should be sentenced as a Prison Released Reoffender, a designation that triggers enhanced mandatory minimum sentences in Florida.
Goldsmith robbed the women just five months after completing a two-year prison term for similar crimes in Volusia County.
“This case is a good example of why Florida has the Prison Releasee Reoffender law,” Doyle said following nearly 11 hours of jury deliberations. “The law is designed to interdict and punish repeat violent offenders. Mr. Goldsmith will be sentenced to Life in prison without the possibility of any form of release. That is exactly what he deserves. I would like to thank the jury for their work.”
Goldsmith was one of three gunmen who stormed the Budget Inn room on West King Street in August 2021, forced the women and children into a bathroom, and made off with cash, cell phones, handguns and a car. Also arrested for the robbery:
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