PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - Antoine Devon Wilson, 35, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced today to serve 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty on Nov. 29, 2018, to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 5 kilograms of cocaine. The sentence was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
In July 2018, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration seized 23 kilograms of cocaine that were being delivered to Wilson in Pensacola. Wilson was subsequently arrested. Following Wilson’s arrest, search warrants were obtained authorizing the search of his cellular telephones seized from him. Evidence on one or more of Wilson’s cellular telephones confirmed that Wilson had ordered the 23 kilograms of cocaine and was expecting them to be delivered to a location in Pensacola.
The case resulted from the investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the Pensacola Police Department, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, the Gulf Breeze Police Department, and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney J. Ryan Love.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
