Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday
today sentenced Edward W. Prickett (53, Auburndale) to eight years in federal prison
for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it.
Prickett had pleaded guilty on November 26, 2019.
According to court documents, on August 22, 2019, Prickett
was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over by an officer with the Lake
Wales Police Department. As the officer approached the vehicle, he saw Prickett
attempting to conceal a green bag under the dashboard. The officer called for a
narcotics detection dog, which alerted positively to the vehicle. Officers
searched the vehicle and recovered the green bag, which contained approximately
182 grams of methamphetamine that had been packaged for distribution.
This case was investigated by Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Lake Wales Police Department. It was prosecuted by
Assistant United States Attorney Callan L. Albritton.
This investigation is also the result of the Organized Crime
Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program. The principal mission of the
OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug
trafficking and money laundering organizations and those primarily responsible
for the nation’s drug supply.
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