Nassau County Repeat-Offender Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Federal Prison for Meth Offense
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Shawn Andrew Wilson (47, Fernandina Beach) has been sentenced to seven years and eight months in federal prison for possessing with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and for violating the conditions of his supervised release. Wilson had pleaded guilty on December 16, 2021.
According to court documents, at approximately 2:00 a.m. on September 2, 2021, Wilson was riding a motorcycle in Jacksonville with the license plate folded up and not visible – a traffic violation. When a police officer signaled him to stop, Wilson made a U-turn and appeared to pull over but then accelerated and fled. After racing through a red traffic light at an intersection, Wilson crashed the motorcycle. Officers arrested Wilson and, during a subsequent search, found in his backpack a jacket, the linings of which concealed four plastic bags containing approximately 114 grams of methamphetamine.
Wilson committed this offense while serving a term of supervised release imposed following his conviction for a previous federal offense. Specifically, in July 2019, a federal court convicted Wilson of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and sentenced him to 40 months’ imprisonment, followed by a 3-year term of supervised release. Wilson was released from prison and began serving his term of supervised release on April 28, 2021, approximately four months before his arrest in this case.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration Jacksonville District Office and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. It was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.
More information about this case can be found at https://www.flmd.uscourts.gov or https://ecf.flmd.uscourts.gov.
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