MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — An Uber driver reported feeling afraid after a firearm magazine fell out of the pocket of a rider, Lester Leon Sanders, in Miami-Dade County, records show.
On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones cited a grand jury indictment alleging Sanders, 47, “arranged a drug deal” and then fired at the Uber driver.
“That kind of alleged conduct turns a drug crime into a life-threatening situation in seconds,” Reding Quiñones said in a statement. “Federal law treats that combination seriously, with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years if convicted.”…