Thomas Edgar Hall, Fentanyl Sales and Armed Offense, Florida 2024

A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to multiple sales of fentanyl while armed, according to a recent plea agreement in federal court.

Thomas Edgar Hall, a 36-year-old Jacksonville resident, pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of fentanyl and two counts of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Hall faces a minimum sentence of 10 years, up to life, in federal prison.

A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. The plea agreement was announced by United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe.

According to court documents, from May through August 2024, Hall sold fentanyl and crack cocaine six times to an undercover officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Hall was armed or had ready access to a firearm on each occasion. In September 2024, after obtaining a search warrant, investigators searched the home where the drug transactions had taken place.

Officers located six firearms, an assortment of ammunition, and drug paraphernalia including beakers, mirrors, razors, and blenders containing drug residue. They also recovered crack cocaine and over 60 grams of fentanyl. This case was investigated by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brenna Falzetta.

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.

Project Safe Neighborhoods is a program that was launched in 2001 by the Attorney General with the goal of reducing violent crime and gun violence in our communities. The program is based on the following core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

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