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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A man from Pensacola has entered a guilty plea to multiple charges involving drug distribution and firearm possession.
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According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, 49-year-old Marcel Kamill Mickles pleaded guilty to two counts of cocaine distribution, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other controlled substances, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon.
Mickles dealt cocaine in May and June of 2025, court records show. Officials searched his home in June 2025 and found five loaded guns, a bulletproof vest, bags of cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and “other drug-distribution related items,” the release said.
Due to Mickles’s status as a convicted felon, he faces up to life in prison. He is set for sentencing on May 19 at 9 a.m…