Gainesville felon pleads guilty to federal charge of illegal possession of firearm

Press release from the U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Terry Lajace Lee, 43, pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

U.S. Attorney Heekin said, “We will not stop strictly enforcing the law, and we will not be deterred from keeping our streets safe from dangerous criminals, like this repeat felon. The citizens of the Northern District of Florida deserve to live on safe, crime-free streets, and that is exactly what my office will deliver with continued successful prosecutions like this.”…

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