POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A federal jury delivered a guilty verdict Friday against a Bartow man involved in a violent confrontation with law enforcement.
Myles Andrew Strickland, 36, was convicted of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. Following the verdict, Strickland now faces a maximum penalty of life in federal prison.
The conviction stems from a chaotic scene in Lee County, where a U.S. Marshals Service task force located Strickland, who was being sought as a fugitive on a state arrest warrant out of Polk County…