On September 23, 2020, agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Bryan Scott Carrejo, then 33, on five counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony under Florida law for each count. FDLE’s initial report states that at the time of his arrest, Carrejo served as pastor of Victory Chapel Orange City, Florida. This site can now confirm, based on the church’s own branding, that this Victory Chapel operated under Christian Fellowship Ministries, the network founded by Wayman Mitchell.
The Corporate Trail Behind Victory Chapel Orange City
Florida’s Division of Corporations records the church as Victory Chapel Christian Fellowship Church of DeLand Inc., incorporated April 6, 2016 at 1110 S. Woodland Blvd. in DeLand. Ricky W. Kleiber filed as the original incorporator, registered agent, and director, listing the corporation’s purpose as reaching people to know Jesus Christ. In February 2019, the registered agent changed from Kleiber to Bryan Carrejo at the same DeLand address. Filings from 2019 into early 2020 list Bryan Scott Carrejo as president and Shemeaka L. Carrejo as treasurer. An amended annual report filed September 21, 2020, just two days before the arrest, moved the church’s principal address to 1750 S. Volusia Ave. in Orange City.
Public listings match that paper trail. ChurchFinder lists a Victory Chapel at the DeLand address, names “Pastor Bryan,” lists Shemeaka Carrejo as the profile’s manager, and describes a non-denominational, Pentecostal, English-speaking congregation under 100 members. Nextdoor lists a separate Victory Chapel entry at the Orange City address, using the same church phone number, describing itself as a “faith-based, spirit-filled christian church” focused on outreach around addiction, divorce, and physical abuse. Corporate dissolution papers were filed January 5, 2021, effective the following day, stating the board adopted dissolution on September 23, 2020, the same day as Carrejo’s arrest. The filing lists one director in office, one vote for dissolution, and Bryan Carrejo’s signature as president.
What FDLE Found
According to the FDLE’s own account, the investigation began after agents learned someone at Carrejo’s Sandy Pines Drive home was offering to share child pornography online, with assistance from the Child Rescue Coalition. Agents executed a search warrant at the residence and located files depicting children as young as eight years old. Carrejo was booked into the Volusia County Jail. FDLE’s initial statement held him without bond pending his first court appearance; at least one outlet later reported bond set at $50,000. The Office of the State Attorney for Florida’s 7th Judicial Circuit is prosecuting the case. This article reports the charges as charges. Nothing in the public record reviewed for this piece indicates a plea, trial, or verdict, and Carrejo is entitled to the presumption of innocence unless and until a court finds otherwise.
No Established Link to the Pulpit, Yet
FDLE was notably careful on this point at the time of the arrest. Agent Jason Kriegsman told reporters the agency had no evidence connecting Carrejo’s position as pastor to the alleged offense, while adding that the possible connection remained a concern the agency wanted the public’s help investigating. That distinction matters. This site documents patterns of institutional failure inside Christian Fellowship Ministries, and it should not imply a pastor’s role caused or enabled a specific crime beyond what investigators themselves have stated. What is documented, plainly, is that a CFM-affiliated pastor was arrested and charged, and that FDLE asked the public for information about whether his position at the church was relevant to the case. The church dissolved within months of his arrest.
