Antonio Carlos Shine, Drug Trafficking, Florida 2024

Tallahassee Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Offenses

A convicted felon from Dania, Florida has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and marijuana.

Antonio Carlos Shine, 38, entered the plea in federal court to the charges against him, which include possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and marijuana.

The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

'My office continues to deliver successful prosecutions under the Operation Take Back America initiative, which aims to dismantle the drug trafficking organizations and networks that have flooded our streets with deadly drugs for far too long,' said U.S. Attorney Heekin.

Court documents reflect that in August 2024, law enforcement officers intercepted a package addressed to a Tallahassee residence. The package contained nearly two pounds of methamphetamine.

Law enforcement conducted a controlled delivery at the residence, and the defendant took possession of the package and brought it into the residence. Shortly thereafter, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant on the residence. The defendant did not answer the door, requiring officers to breach the door. Following the breach of the front door, Shine fled through the back door with the package of methamphetamine, where he was immediately taken into custody.

Law enforcement searched the residence and located a digital scale, various narcotics paraphernalia, and 44 grams of marijuana packaged for sale.

The defendant had previously been convicted of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a firearm, and possession of cocaine with intent to sell/deliver, and had served several terms in Florida state prison.

Shine faces a minimum mandatory sentence of fifteen years' imprisonment and up to a maximum of life imprisonment. The term of imprisonment will be followed by at least ten years of supervised release.

Sentencing is scheduled for July 20, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. at the United States Courthouse in Tallahassee before Chief United States District Judge Allen C. Winsor.

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Tallahassee Police Department.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr/convicted-felon-pleads-guilty-drug-trafficking-offenses