TAMPA, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday today sentenced Michael Edward Lindsey, 47, of Englewood to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it. Lindsey was sentenced under...

FORT MYERS, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Deshon G. Walker, 27, Fort Myers, to three years and one month in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Walker to forfeit the firearm and ammunition traceable...

OCALA, Fla. ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Viviana Rodriguez, 41, Kissimmee, has pleaded guilty to one count of dealing in firearms without a license, seven counts of making a materially false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL) and seven counts of causing an...

TAMPA, Fla. ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Brandale Swails, 29, Tampa, with Hobbs Act Robbery. If convicted, Swails faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. According to the complaint, on Oct. 15, Swails entered a gas...

ORLANDO, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced Allen Lee Glover, 25, Orlando, to six years and five months in federal prison for possessing a loaded firearm as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Glover to forfeit a Glock GMBH Model 19 pistol and associated 9mm ammunition...

FORT MYERS, Fla. ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Luis Armando Rodriguez-Padilla, 27, Fort Myers, with illegal reentry by a previously convicted felon, possession of a firearm by an alien unlawfully in the U.S. and possession of a firearm by a...