Orlando, FL – United States Legal professional Roger B. Handberg broadcasts {that a} federal jury has discovered Curtis Tyrone Johnson (35, Melbourne) responsible of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon and possession with the intent to distribute varied managed substances. Johnson faces a minimal necessary time period of 10 years, and as much as life, in federal jail. His sentencing listening to is scheduled for Might 10, 2023.
In keeping with proof introduced at trial, on March 25, 2022, the Melbourne Police Division and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Workplace SWAT staff, together with members of the DEA and the FBI, executed search warrants at two residences on Williams Avenue in Melbourne. Whereas regulation enforcement moved in to set a fringe one road south, Johnson got here jogging down the facet of a residence holding a black bag. Upon making eye contact with regulation enforcement, Johnson took off operating via backyards on Ryoland Avenue. Brokers following Johnson noticed him holding the black bag and a firearm. Johnson was given instructions to place his palms within the air however as an alternative threw the black bag and firearm over a fence right into a church parking zone. Each objects, the Glock .40 caliber pistol loaded with 16 rounds of ammunition, and a bag containing roughly 181 grams of methamphetamine, 35 grams of crack cocaine, 15 grams of fluorofentanyl, and 194 grams of N, N-Dimethylpentylone – a drug just like MDMA – have been recovered.
After he was arrested, Johnson instructed brokers that they “didn’t get no gun off me” and requested if possession is nine-tenths of the regulation. Additional investigation revealed {that a} automobile situated in an open discipline, which had been towed to the Melbourne Police Division pending a search warrant, belonged to Johnson and his girlfriend. Legislation enforcement searched the automobile and situated $7,000 inside a sock and two digital scales. Throughout a jail cellphone name that Johnson had positioned to his girlfriend after his arrest, Johnson instructed his girlfriend to get the title to the automotive as a result of there have been 8 “wraps” within the automobile, which is widespread road terminology for a stack of $1,000.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Melbourne Police Division, and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Workplace. It’s being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Beatriz Gonzalez and Megan Testerman.
