A Pompano Beach resident was sentenced yesterday to 15 years
in federal prison, after having been convicted at trial of being a felon in
possession of a firearm.
Benjamin G. Greenberg, United States Attorney for the
Southern District of Florida, Robert Lasky, Special Agent in Charge, Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Scott Israel, Sheriff,
Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO), made the announcement.
On March 6, 2018, Tedarel Preston, 44, of Pompano Beach, was
convicted by a trial jury of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Yesterday, United States District Court Judge
Beth Bloom ruled that Preston was an armed career criminal and sentenced him to
180 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
According to the court record, including evidence presented
during the defendant’s trial, in late December of 2017, BSO detectives received
information alleging the Preston was going to be involved in a retaliatory gang
shooting. On December 29, 2017,
detectives received additional information that the defendant was in possession
of a firearm and observed the defendant seated in the back seat of a
vehicle. As the detectives approached
Preston, they observed him remove a firearm from his waistband and attempt to
hide it under the passenger seat. Law
enforcement then removed Preston from the vehicle and placed him under
arrest. A loaded, .40 caliber
semi-automatic pistol was found in the vehicle, near where Preston’s feet had
been positioned. At the time of his
arrest, Preston was a convicted felon and prohibited from possessing a firearm.
Mr. Greenberg commended the investigative efforts of the FBI
and BSO in this matter. This case was
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Bruce Brown.
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