FORT MYERS, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Edward James Bess III, 29, of Fort Myers, to 33 years and four months in federal prison for carjacking causing serious bodily injury, discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and carjacking...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Pocols Lashawn Jackson, 39, of Jacksonville to six years and three months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Jackson had pleaded guilty on Aug. 22. According to court documents, on Nov...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has sentenced Dwayne Eric Thompson, 39, of Jacksonville, to seven years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Thompson was found guilty by a jury of this...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Brian J. Davis has sentenced D?Trevious Sharron Epps, 26, of Jacksonville, to five years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Epps pleaded guilty on Aug...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Zachariah Ryan Luke, 28, of Bennettsville, South Carolina, to 15 years and eight months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute, 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance...

OCALA, Fla ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Tyran Terrell Harris, 23, of Leesburg, on an indictment charging him with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. If convicted, Harris faces up to 15 years in federal prison. A federal grand jury had indicted Harris on Dec. 12...