Tampa, FL – U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has
sentenced Ernest L. Chambliss (45, Englewood) to 21 years and 10 months in
federal prison for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. A federal jury
found him guilty on December 2, 2016.
According to testimony at trial, Chambliss, a drug dealer in
Englewood, sold a firearm and prescription opiates to a confidential informant
in April 2015. At the time, Chambliss had numerous prior felony convictions,
including five drug-trafficking offenses and two charges of battery on a law enforcement
officer.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. It
was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Gregory T. Nolan and
Christopher Murray.
This is another case prosecuted as a part of the Department
of Justice’s “Project Safe Neighborhoods” Program - a nationwide, gun-violence
reduction strategy. Acting United States Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow, along
with Daryl R. McCrary, Special Agent in Charge, ATF, is coordinating the
Project Safe Neighborhoods effort here in the Middle District of Florida in
cooperation with federal, state, and local law enforcement officials.
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