A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to an additional 10 months in federal prison for possessing marijuana while in custody at the Nassau County Jail.
Anthony Grier, 33, of Jacksonville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard on an unspecified date in 2020, after pleading guilty on December 1, 2020.
According to the U.S. Marshals Service, Grier was being held at the Nassau County Jail as a federal inmate after he was sentenced to 7 months in prison for violating his federal supervision. On February 11, 2020, deputies from the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office detected the scent of marijuana and traced it to the cell occupied by Grier. A law enforcement drug canine was deployed and did an open-air sniff of the cell. The canine alerted to the odor of marijuana, but no marijuana was found in the cell.
Grier was then escorted out of the cell to be searched. Before the search began, Grier produced a medical glove containing 15 marijuana cigarettes that he had on him.
Grier’s sentence will run consecutive to a 7-month federal sentence he was already serving, as well as an additional 3-month state sentence he had received for battery on an inmate.
The case was investigated by the United States Marshals Service and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ashley Washington.
Grier is scheduled to serve 10 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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