Edlord Dieujuste, Armed Career Criminal, Florida 2013

Edlord Dieujuste, a 30-year-old man from Lake Worth, Florida, has been sentenced to 180 months (15 years) in federal prison for being an armed career criminal in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

A federal grand jury indicted Dieujuste on December 3, 2013, charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of marijuana. In February 2014, Dieujuste pled guilty to the indictment as charged.

The indictment alleges that on November 1, 2013, Dieujuste was arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Gang Unit on local charges after detectives recovered a loaded semi-automatic pistol and marijuana from his vehicle following a traffic stop.

Dieujuste has multiple prior felony convictions for robbery with a deadly weapon, robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, robbery by sudden snatching, and felon in possession of a firearm.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John McMillan and brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), an anti-gang, anti-gun violence initiative of the United States government.

U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer commended the ATF and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for their work on this case. Dieujuste will be followed by three years of supervised release after serving his 15-year prison sentence.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/gang-member-sentenced-armed-career-criminal-firearm-possession