Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Marquis Lamar Kitchen (38, Fort Myers) to two years and three months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Kitchen to forfeit a firearm and ammunition…

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Alonzo Deanthony Tucker…

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber today sentenced Sammie Ray Sewell, Jr. (43, Alexandria, LA) to five years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Sewell to forfeit the firearm and ammunition, which were…

Jacksonville, Florida – Chief U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Jason Harris (43, Palm Coast) to two years and four months in federal prison for making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer during the attempted purchase of a firearm. Harris entered a…

Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Rocco Joseph Frakes (50, Middleburg) has pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing unregistered silencers and an unregistered short-barrel rifle. Frakes faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison…

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Felix Alberto Quinones (26, Clewiston) to six years in federal prison for distributing cocaine and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense. Quinones pleaded guilty on August 28, 2024…

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has sentenced Emanuel Toney Cuff (24, Jacksonville) to seven years and three months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Cuff entered a guilty plea in September 2024…

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found James Patrick Sychowski (48, Tarpon Springs) guilty of possessing ammunition by a convicted felon. Sychowski faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison. His sentencing hearing has not yet…