A career criminal with multiple prior felony convictions was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison by a U.S. district judge in the Southern District of Florida on charges encompassing explosive arson, armed narcotics distribution, and trafficking counterfeit prescription pills. Federal prosecutors proved that the defendant operated an armed drug trafficking venture dealing in cocaine and counterfeit oxycodone tablets contaminated with lethal doses of fentanyl, posing severe hazards to public safety across South Florida communities.
The investigation, conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives alongside local police detectives, also linked the defendant to an intentional arson incident utilizing an improvised explosive accelerant to intimidate rivals. Armed with firearms during the commission of these felonies, the defendant violated federal statutes prohibiting convicted felons from possessing weapons and ammunition. The 11-year sentence will be served without the possibility of federal parole, followed by several years of supervised release and mandatory substance abuse rehabilitation monitoring.
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/armed-multi-convicted-felon-sentenced-132-months-federal-prison-explosive-arson