Meth Kingpin Burgess Green Gets 9 Years

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Burgess Green, 41, of Ocala, Florida, is headed back to prison for nine years after being sentenced on September 1, 2020, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and possessing a firearm during drug trafficking. This isn’t Green’s first rodeo; he’s a repeat offender with a rap sheet stretching back years.

U.S. Attorney Lawrence Keefe for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentence, a clear message that the feds are cracking down on the poison flooding Northern Florida. “The sale and use of methamphetamines in our communities has devastating and wide-reaching effects and must be stopped,” Keefe stated. “We will continue to pursue, prosecute, and punish those who bring these drugs into our hometowns.”

The bust originated on June 5, 2019, when DEA agents got wind of Green making a delivery in Dixie County. Dixie County Sheriff’s deputies, tracking Green as he left the area, alerted the Levy County Sheriff’s Office. LCSO deputies pulled Green over, and a search revealed over $2,000 in cash and a loaded pistol. Green readily admitted he’d just dropped off a load of meth and the cash was payment. He also claimed the firearm as his own.

This wasn’t a one-off deal. The DEA investigation revealed Green was part of a larger conspiracy, supplying over 5 kilograms of methamphetamine to dealers in Dixie County. A fourteen-time convicted felon, Green’s prior offenses include convictions for sale and possession of cocaine and cannabis, tampering with evidence, fleeing from law enforcement, and – unsurprisingly – more cocaine possession. This man is a professional criminal.

Green will serve seven years for the methamphetamine conspiracy, with an additional two years tacked on for the firearm charge. Following his nine-year stint, he’ll be under supervised release for five years – assuming he doesn’t find a way to re-offend. The collaborative effort between the DEA, Dixie County Sheriff’s Office, and Levy County Sheriff’s Office brought Green down. Assistant United States Attorney Chris Elsey prosecuted the case.

“Those who distribute dangerous drugs in our communities endanger lives,” said Keith Weis, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the DEA Miami Field Division. “The DEA Miami Field Division will continue our commitment to working with our law enforcement partners at all levels to investigate and stop violent drug trafficking in Florida.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida remains committed to fighting crime across the state. Public court documents can be found on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida website. More information about the office is available at http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html.