Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today the results of the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) strategy. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, ending on December 31, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle…

Jacksonville, Florida – Chief U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Markee Washington (34, Jacksonville) to seven years in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Washington entered a guilty plea on August 19, 2024…

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Shem Wayne Alexander (35, Port of Spain, Trinidad) with conspiracy to commit unlawful export smuggling and conspiracy to traffic firearms. If convicted, Alexander faces a maximum penalty…

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Stephon Jamal Dale (38, Fort Myers) to two years in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. Dale entered a guilty plea on June 11, 2024…

Fort Myers, Florida – United States District Judge Sheri P. Chappell has sentenced Joshua Leon Tyree (39, Labelle) to 19 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Tyree entered a…