Cedrick Deon Hawkins, Drug Trafficking, Florida 2025

Cedrick Deon Hawkins, a 43-year-old man from Cocoa, Florida, has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

According to the plea agreement, between October 2024 and February 2025, Hawkins sold methamphetamine and fentanyl to a confidential source. In April 2025, a search warrant was executed on Hawkins’s residence in Cocoa. During the search, agents located additional methamphetamine, fentanyl, and drug processing materials. Agents also located five firearms throughout the home, including three rifles and a handgun in the master bedroom closet and a loaded pistol in a kitchen cabinet.

Six additional firearms and ammunition were found in a pickup truck parked in the yard of the residence. Hawkins has agreed to forfeit the firearms and ammunition seized from inside his residence, which were used in the commission of the offenses.

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Titusville Police Department, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Megan Testerman.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

The case is set for sentencing on November 12, 2025. Hawkins faces a minimum penalty of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison for the offenses.

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