TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Antonio Carlos Shine, a 38-year-old from Dania, Florida, has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and marijuana.
The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. “My office continues to deliver successful prosecutions under the Department of Justice’s Operation Take Back America initiative, which aims to dismantle the drug trafficking organizations and networks that have flooded our streets with deadly drugs for far too long,” Heekin stated. “The citizens of the Northern District of Florida deserve to live in safe, drug-free communities, and that is precisely what we will achieve through aggressive prosecutions of drug traffickers like this defendant.”
According to court documents, in August 2024, law enforcement intercepted a package containing nearly two pounds of methamphetamine addressed to a Tallahassee residence. A controlled delivery was conducted, and Shine took possession of the package. When officers executed a search warrant, Shine attempted to flee but was apprehended. Inside the residence, officers found a digital scale, narcotics paraphernalia, and 44 grams of marijuana packaged for sale…