OCALA, Fla. ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Michael Latrelle Simpson, 23, of Ocala, has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Simpson faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. A federal grand jury indicted Simpson on July 19, 2022. A...

ORLANDO, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza has sentenced Antione Oshea Ladson, 29, of Orlando, to 10 years and six months in federal prison for drug trafficking and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Ladson pleaded guilty on July 11, 2023. According to court...

TAMPA, Fla. ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Brandale Swails, 29, of Tampa, with Hobbs Act robbery and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. If convicted on both counts, Swails faces a minimum mandatory sentence of seven...

OCALA, Fla. ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Frank Thomas Diviak, 23, of Altoona, on an indictment charging him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of stolen firearm, and stealing a firearm from a federal firearms licensee. If...

FORT MYERS, Fla. ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging James Michael O?Brien ,48, of North Port, with theft of a firearm from a firearms dealer and possession of a stolen firearm. If convicted, O?Brien faces a maximum penalty of 10...

OCALA, Fla. ? U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of William Scott Fogg, 37, of Altoona, on an indictment charging him with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. If convicted, Fogg faces up to 15 years in federal prison. A federal grand jury indicted...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ? U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan today sentenced Paul Bryan McCorkle, 55, of Interlachen, to 27 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of an explosive. The court also ordered McCorkle to forfeit an improvised explosive device. McCorkle entered...

TAMPA, Fla ? U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday has sentenced Sean Peter Brewer, 36, of Oldsmar, to seven years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug...

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