Jacksonville, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Maria M. Howard has sentenced David Lee Rucker (35, Clay County) to six years and eight months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The court also ordered Rucker to forfeit a firearm and ammunition. Rucker had...

Tampa, Fla. - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Avery Jones-Neal (28, Dunedin) with three counts of distribution of cocaine, one count of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute it, and one count of possession of a firearm by a...

Tampa, Fla. ? United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Michael Edward Lindsey (47, Port Charlotte) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it. Under the Armed Career Criminal Act, Lindsey...

Fort Myers, Fla. ? United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Chester Lewis Risco, III (20, North Fort Myers) has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Risco faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. Risco has agreed to forfeit the...

Jacksonville, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis today sentenced Steven Russell Statham II (27, Lake City) to 5 years and 10 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute methamphetamine. Statham had pleaded guilty on September 6, 2022....

Fort Myers, Fla. ? U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Barber has sentenced Travis Lavon Anderson (36, Fort Myers) to nine years in federal prison for possessing firearms as a previously convicted felon. The court also ordered Anderson to forfeit the firearms and ammunition possessed during the...