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Florida Man Sentenced to More Than 26 Years for Drug and Gun Crimes

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Alabama

United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announced that Tobais Deshawn McKay, 40, of Ft. Meyers, Florida, was sentenced in federal court in Mobile to 322 months’ imprisonment.  In April of 2019, McKay pled guilty to three federal charges, attempt to distribute cocaine, felon in possession of a firearm and using, carrying or possessing a firearm in relation to or in furtherance of a drug trafficking felony. 

Court documents filed in connection with his guilty plea reflect that McKay made contact with a confidential informant working with Homeland Security Investigations agents about obtaining large amounts of cocaine in Mobile which he would then take back to south Florida for distribution.  They agreed on two kilograms as the initial delivery.  When McKay arrived in Mobile to accept delivery, he brought cash and jewelry to exchange for the drugs.  He was also found in possession of four guns.  McKay’s prior felony convictions include Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon and Trafficking in Heroin.  McKay’s criminal history supported a finding under the United States Sentencing Guidelines that he is a career criminal, which set his advisory guideline range at 262 months to 287 months.

United States District Court Judge William H. Steele imposed the sentence of 322 months’ imprisonment, consisting of 262 months on the drug count, and 120 months on the felon in possession count, with those sentences running concurrent.  Judge Steele ordered the 60 month mandatory minimum sentence for the using, carrying and possessing a firearm in relation to or in furtherance of the drug trafficking felony to run consecutively, as required by that statute.  The total sentence was 322 months.  Judge Steele also ordered that McKay will serve a total of 5 years on supervised release, following his release from imprisonment.  He ordered that McKay will pay $300 in special mandatory assessments, but no fine was imposed.  McKay will also undergo testing and treatment for drug abuse as a separate condition of his supervision. 

The case was investigated by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Homeland Security.  It was prosecuted in the United States Attorney’s Office by Assistant United States Attorney Gloria A. Bedwell.

Updated September 19, 2019